Michelin Pilot MXM4 Highway Tire 255/45R18 99H

I've run Open Country A/Ts for the past 12 years or so, both AT2s and AT3s, and, overall, I've been happy with the tires. I live in Maine so the weather conditions that I drive in range anywhere from hot and dry summer roads (pavement and dirt), to rain-soaked highways, to heavy snow and slush back roads. In general, these tires have performed well, feeling tight and planted (no sagging or floating feeling) in turns, relatively grippy in snow and wear evenly. I've been happy with their performance, which is why I've run them for so long. Unfortunately, my most recent set of Open Country AT3s have not held up. This winter I've noticed a marked decrease in winter weather performance, especially in slushy snow and even on packed snow (i.e. recently plowed) roadways. And when it comes to any sort of ice, forget about it. During my most recent oil change/tire rotation, I was advised that my tires, despite only have approximately 40K miles on them, are down to about 4/32s. These tires were installed in Summer 2021, at 123,000 miles and I'm now sitting at roughly 164,000 miles in Feb 2024. Winter weather in Maine commonly runs through late March-early April so I will be replacing these tires in the next week so to make it through the rest of Winter without having to worry about slipping and sliding on my daily 35 mile work commute. Since I'll be switching to a set of Falkens, I won't be able to take Toyo up on their 65K Limited Mile Warranty guarantee, as they only provide a credit toward the purchase of another Toyo tire product. I just can't justify purchasing another set of Toyos with how these tires ones have held up.

I ran a set of these tires for 95,000 miles on my 2001 Pontiac Bonneville. I only changed them because winter was a month away, and snow in Wisconsin can get deep. And I replaced them with another set of the same. The price of these is no more than that of a comparable tire.

I had these tires installed on my 1993 Jaguar XJS about 8 weeks ago. I've had this are since 1999 and been through 4 sets of tires (all were Michelin except one). When I pulled out of the garage and turned the corner I immediately felt a great improvement in handling and ride. I've them up to 85MPH, tested them with sudden stop, hard corner, and torrential rain (I live in South Florida). All of these experiences were improved with this tire over any i've had on this car before.

These tires changed the ride and handling on our 2009 enough to NOT consider trading the car in. Was considering trading current car in. Decided that it would need new tires to sell regardless, but once the Pilots were on for a few hundred miles, the old car felt new again. All trade consideration cancelled.

I live in the north east and have these tires on my 08 Accord coupe and they are great. The car came with these tires when I bought it new and they lasted about 70k miles. Superior road handling in all conditions and very durable. I decide to stick to the same model and am going at 20k miles on the new ones. Having good tires on the car is teh key for driving in all conditions.