Michelin Pilot Sport A/S 3...

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Michelin Pilot Sport A/S 3 Tire Test - Evaluating All-Weather Performance Tires - Motor Trend WOT

Mimics the PSS in design but this is an all season tire. For actual max performance in your climate range get the Pilot Super Sport(PSS). Id consider this for my GTi but not my Z.

Slynky

Thanks for the reply. Thanks for the link.

Considering the Michelin all season tire outperformed some of the respected summer tires from other companies, why is it not worth considering for the Z?

Mind you, I'm not tracking the car (but I do believe in "spirited" driving ).

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DLSTR

Sorry that is just my useless personal opinion. I lived in ATL before and with Ice-storms or snow most folks didnt have a need to be on the road as the State/County etc didnt have much clearance capability.

Given that the summer PSS' are just so good and bring the car up to a touch higher standard why not. Treadwear wise its not that much difference.

The new AS3 does appear to be a cut above in the All Season world with this review on the link I found. I was impressed.

Im in Germany and use PSS for summer and have Blizzaks for winter. Roads here are well maintained but you do need true winter tires due to temperature no matter. Below 7C as an average, summer tires are hockey pucks. Braking and grip are noticeably affected.

Slynky

Thanks for the added info. Till I read your reply (and looked around some), I didn't realize the additional benefit of A/S tires over summer tires. I thought it all came down to tread pattern and depth but if I understand correctly, there is all the concern of rubber temperature in cold weather (regardless of snow or rain) and that the rubber in summer tires gets harder in colder temps unlike the A/S tires do.

If I understood the rep at the store correctly, the asymmetrical pattern of the A/S tire facilitates rotating to the other side better than PSS tires. This would allow for longer use (potentially).

Also, the rep mentioned something about tread wear warranty being better on this set of tires NOT ONLY because of the 45k but also because of Michelin's coverage on this tire as opposed to the PSS. Something about the warranty being somewhat voided (or really watered down) for the PSS tires because of differing widths on the 4-tires set. I'll admit to being a bit confused. He showed me on his screen the trade-in value of the tires in the event they were worn out at (for example) only 20k miles.

When I was in the military, I lived near Stuttgart. For 3 years, I lived in Augsburg. Later, I live 4 years in Karlsruhe. Beautiful place, Germany.

PS: Rep'd you.

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