handyman wrote:I had 4 Michelin Pilot Sport 4S fitted yesterday. £720 with mobile fitting from Black Circles. They feel better then the Hankooks so far but I’ve not really tested them yet. Have to say though, the Hankook lasted almost 30k miles on the front. Quite surprised by that.

Yes, I found the Hankooks wear very well, about all they do well though, well that and fuel consumption. Binned mine when only half worn on my latest TTS, as I also had them on my 16 plate TTS and on cold, wet roads they offered almost no grip at all and their propensity to tramline is shocking. I too have put the Michelin PS on my car, night and day better than the Hankook!

It's been a few days now. I've done about 200 miles with the new tyres in both wet and dry conditions. They are very grippy when compared to the Hankooks and I'm able to take specific corners with a lot more confidence than before. I've noticed a huge reduction in the traction control light coming on. Vey impressed!

tt3600 wrote:How are the MPS4S performing in the cold weather? My Bridgestone tyres are fairly poor in the cold weather.

Poorly. But not worse than any other uhp summer tyre. The tt inspires a lot of confidence in its grip and handling, but not a lot of feedback, so you have to be careful in conditions below 5c in any summer tyre as they start losing grip fast, and can just understeer away without much warning.

I have been looking for new tyres (245/35/19) and have found MPS4S for £185 each at Costco but from Monday there is a voucher for £100 off when buying 4, comes in at around £640 fitted or there are Bridgestones for £155 each with £80 off, about £540 fitted, if ordered before midnight Sunday, just in case anyone needs new tyres.
I'll be ordering 4 Michelin next week.

Managed to get 17k miles out of my Pirellis, but at a couple of mm off the wear bars they are now losing grip, so time to change.

Before I opt for the Michelin Pilot Sports 4s at £203.39 each from Black circles, are there any other recommendations for the RS?????

Further to my post above, just done a bit more research and the new Goodyear Eagle F1 Asymmetric 5's are getting better scores than the Michelin.

Has anyone tried the Asy5's??

Right now, MPS4 are just £168 inc. VAT per tyre fitted at Kiwkfit, plus you get a free dashcam worth £80 (probably crap). If you're looking to change right now, this is a no brainer IMO. If you're on Hankooks, you'll be mortified how badly they compare to the MPS4 and surprisingly (to me) the fuel economy is pretty good on them too - I've regularly been getting high 30's on the daily commute. Wear is good as well.

Mark Pred wrote:Right now, MPS4 are just £168 inc. VAT per tyre fitted at Kiwkfit, plus you get a free dashcam worth £80 (probably crap). If you're looking to change right now, this is a no brainer IMO. If you're on Hankooks, you'll be mortified how badly they compare to the MPS4 and surprisingly (to me) the fuel economy is pretty good on them too - I've regularly been getting high 30's on the daily commute. Wear is good as well.

Yes Mark that is a good deal, unfortunately Kwikfit are not showing any of my size in stock - 255/30/20. Don't know if it is worth going to the local Kwikfit to see if they can get any.

Update to my last post. Decided on MPS4S. Qwikfit are not carrying stock of RS 20" tyres, but a chat with the manager at the local branch revealed that even if they did, they could not match the Black Circles price of £202. Had budgeted £1k to replace tyres, so pretty happy at £808 for 4, leaving change for first service at an independent

Did you apply the promo before buying and get the 10% discount, as that still seems a lot compared to what I paid, albeit for 19's... Kwikfit don't do much to make it very obvious that there's a promo running on Michelins right now. I only found it by luck more than judgement. Saved I think it was about £80 after adding the discount code at check in Free dashcam too, but hasn't arrived yet. You won't be disappointed with them, excellent tyres!

https://www.kwik-fit.com/offers/michelin-offer

I know they're franchised so there's variance but I wouldn't trust Kwik Fit to make a coffee let alone do a tyre swap without f*cking it up and damaging my wheels!!

If you're old enough to remember the TV ads...it was always changed to "you can't get shitter than a kwik fit fitter"

Mark Pred wrote:Did you apply the promo before buying and get the 10% discount, as that still seems a lot compared to what I paid, albeit for 19's... Kwikfit don't do much to make it very obvious that there's a promo running on Michelins right now. I only found it by luck more than judgement. Saved I think it was about £80 after adding the discount code at check in Free dashcam too, but hasn't arrived yet. You won't be disappointed with them, excellent tyres!

https://www.kwik-fit.com/offers/michelin-offer

Yes, got Qwikfit to run all discounts but there is a significant difference in size/price of RS tyres to TTS. As a comparison I checked the BC price less 10% discount for the TTS and the MPS4S for 19" were £169 each. So with QF you essentially get the camera thrown in as well. Unfortunately they didn't have my size

phazer wrote:I know they're franchised so there's variance but I wouldn't trust Kwik Fit to make a coffee let alone do a tyre swap without f*cking it up and damaging my wheels!!

If you're old enough to remember the TV ads...it was always changed to "you can't get shitter than a kwik fit fitter"

With any tyre fitting I always photograph each wheel in the presence of manager/fitter. It always sharpens up their game

phazer wrote:I know they're franchised so there's variance but I wouldn't trust Kwik Fit to make a coffee let alone do a tyre swap without f*cking it up and damaging my wheels!!

If you're old enough to remember the TV ads...it was always changed to "you can't get shitter than a kwik fit fitter"

You could say the same for ANY franchised tyre fitter and in my experience, Kwikfit are actually one of the better ones and their Trustpilot scores are quite good. Saying that, I wouldn’t normally let any of them near my cars, but now having used Kwikfit’s mobile service (quite a few times), I can’t think of anyone better. That’s because it’s one person doing it and they 100% accountable for their work, hence they make sure they do a good job and you can keep an eye on them as they do it! Yes, I still always photograph each wheel before fitting and make sure they know I’ve done that; I also tell them what tyre pressures I want, to avoid over-inflation (common issue everywhere you go). Other than that, they’re brilliant. They phone you before they arrive, are always on time and have done a great job for me, with zero issues. The icing on the cake is that I can have it all done while I’m at work or at home. I’ll be using them again when our SQ5 needs new rubber.

Yes I'll second all of that about Kwikfits mobile service. Had them come to my home twice and found them good and reliable.
Much better sitting in your own front room keeping an eye on your car with a cup of coffee than sitting their dirty waiting area on a broken seat for ages.
One query tho - I heard that they don't / can't do wheel balancing with mobile service. Not sure if that's true.