Mid-range alternatives to Michelin PSS

[YamR1rider]

That said: If someone does have the money for the PS4's or PSS, is there any real benefit to choosing those over the tires in this thread other than the street cred? Like, do these tires actually perform $300-$400 better than the less expensive options?

The only answer is that it's up to each individual to decide whether they feel the extra money is worth is. If you simply want the best high performance summer street tire and money is truly no object, Ps4s it is, IMO.

But for me personally, from extensively researching, looking at countless reviews and laptime comparisons etc, to my mind the good B segment tires perform about 90 percent of the Ps4s for just over 50 percent of the price... So I came to the conclusion that no, the price difference wasn't worth the incremental increase in performance to me....*on my mildly tuned GTI daily driver*

Now that said, if I had a weekend/track car that was even anywhere near as quick as my bike.... I'd stump up the extra for the Michelin. But of course if I had such a car, Iit would most likely mean I have loadsa money and a set of PS4S would be chump change ?

 

[imthanick_a]

The only answer is that it's up to each individual to decide whether they feel the extra money is worth is. If you simply want the best high performance summer street tire and money is truly no object, Ps4s it is, IMO.

But for me personally, from extensively researching, looking at countless reviews and laptime comparisons etc, to my mind the good B segment tires perform about 90 percent of the Ps4s for just over 50 percent of the price... So I came to the conclusion that no, the price difference wasn't worth the incremental increase in performance to me....*on my mildly tuned GTI daily driver*

Now that said, if I had a weekend/track car that was even anywhere near as quick as my bike.... I'd stump up the extra for the Michelin. But of course if I had such a car, Iit would most likely mean I have loadsa money and a set of PS4S would be chump change ?

I'm with you on all points in your post. I don't track it, so 90% performance for 50% of the price sounds nice to me

 

[Will_]

No to hijack the thread, but does anyone know what the difference between the two PS4S options is?? I can’t work it out for the life of me, they seem identical but one is $20 a tire more.

 

[MonkeyMD]

No idea. I have seen that before. The only thing I could think of was maybe an update or newer build date. Maybe someone with real knowledge will chime in

 

[Will_]

No idea. I have seen that before. The only thing I could think of was maybe an update or newer build date. Maybe someone with real knowledge will chime in

Yea. Weirdly the specs on the tires are slightly different. The more expensive tire shows as 1lb lighter but with a reduced tread width versus the cheaper tire (when looking at size 235/40/18). Maybe Michelin updated the tire slightly and one of the options is for a previous year? That’s the only thing I can find.

 

[imthanick_a]

No to hijack the thread, but does anyone know what the difference between the two PS4S options is?? I can’t work it out for the life of me, they seem identical but one is $20 a tire more.

Was trying to figure out the same thing. I think what Will said is correct, it may be the newest rev of that model tire and they have a listing for both the old and new

 

[GTIfan99]

Was trying to figure out the same thing. I think what Will said is correct, it may be the newest rev of that model tire and they have a listing for both the old and new

It may also be different load ratings.

 

[mk7_bk]

When General isn't even on the chart

 

[mk7_bk]

No to hijack the thread, but does anyone know what the difference between the two PS4S options is?? I can’t work it out for the life of me, they seem identical but one is $20 a tire more.

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I've seen this before, I believe it is because they come from different factories. FWIW, I only see the 236$ price now and 1 tire. before I did see both tho

 

[Beju]

That's weird. Usually when they're almost identical, one has a different load rating or is an OEM variant (N0 for Porsche, TO for Tesla, etc).

 

[goodvibes]

https://simpletire.com/bridgestone-p235-40r18-079637-tires

 

[Sparky589]

Well I've been trying to squeeze out the last little bit of life out of my existing set of P4S's, but the rain these last few days have sent a pretty clear message that it's time for the current rubber to go. Friend with a Veloster N highly recommended the Champiro SX2's, and with everything that's going on I'm happy saving a decent chunk of money over going with the P4S again.

I'll be getting them in on the 31st, and will certainly update with impressions.

 

[mk7_bk]

https://simpletire.com/bridgestone-p235-40r18-079637-tires

Arnt the stock tires potenza’s or is this an alternate

 

[ChrisMk77]

No to hijack the thread, but does anyone know what the difference between the two PS4S options is?? I can’t work it out for the life of me, they seem identical but one is $20 a tire more.

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One is most likely OEM specced, like MO1 for mercedes in the full article name

 

[Beju]

Arnt the stock tires potenza’s or is this an alternate

The stock Potenzas are the RE97AS (if all season) or the S001 (optional summer tires).