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Old 02-15-2017, 10:12 PM   #5 (permalink)
Darwins Child
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Originally Posted by ZCanadian View Post
No, the Z is sadly parked until spring. I'm in SW Ontario, where we haven't had much of a winter, but we're in a rural setting and have trucks to get us through the snowy 5-6 months of the year. Hence, I cannot give you a great report on the AS3+ rubber, except that on the slushy and slightly icy drive home from the dealership at -1'C I was impressed as to how sold the car felt. We tested it on the (balding) stock Potenza's in dry weather around 5'C, and I can attest that the Michelins were better even in worse conditions. Better than new Potenza's, or better than any other tire, or how they will wear, I have no idea. But for the stock rubber to be gone in 32,000km (when the rest of the car shows no evidence of hard driving), I'd say these new ones cannot wear any worse.

We have the AS3 on an older MB S550 saloon that does mainly highway. That's a heavy car, and AWD. We get just shy of 50,000 km out of the Michelin's in that application.
Thanks for the further information.

Please report back when your Z is on the road in the spring.
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