Quote Originally Posted by hcsharp View Post
Continuing the discussion of the Mich Pilot Super Sports on the rear with AD07s on the front.
The other thing I noticed in the rain the last two days is I appear to get better range with these tires. I don't really have enough data to call this for sure, but I drove 50+ mile routes the last 2 days in the rain and yesterday I almost matched the ideal miles. 11 of those 50 miles were at 65mph and it rained the entire time, sometimes hard! I drive these routes a lot and rarely match ideal miles when dry, and it's normal to see an additional 10% usage with rain. More if you have to run the defrost like I did for part of yesterday.

This would be consistent with Consumer Reports, one of the few places that tests tires for their rolling resistance. They reported this tire to have both excellent gas mileage and outstanding performance, a rare combination.

I noticed these tires are about 3lbs lighter than the stock tires. I wonder how much of the range difference may be due to that. The lower the mass in the tire, the less energy required to spin it.

I think I'm going to give the MPSS tires a try for my next set unless I hear some compelling reason not to. So far it doesn't seem like there is only marginal down side if any. I also read in some of the reviews that they are quieter than the AD07/08 tires, so that would be a nice bonus as well. Too bad they don't have them for the fronts, as Michelin is running a sale with $70 off on a set of 4.