Hello everyone, I'm Xiao Li. Michelin tiresEveryone must know that most of the tire shops on the side of the road are Michelin, but it is indeed notoriously more expensive than regular tires. However, some drivers only recognize Michelin tires when they change tires, and only the owners who have really used Michelin tires have the most right to speak.
I myself tried to change 4 Michelin tires to my small broken car 7 years ago, to be honest, Michelin tires are really expensive, if it weren't for my tires only 195R15, I guess I really can't afford to change, ordinary joint venture tires are less than 400, but Michelin's is almost 500, which is equivalent to me spent about 600 more for 4 tires, really expensive. But at that time, the reason for changing the tires was that the deformation of the tires of the original car could not be used, and I felt that the quality of the original tires was not too poor, and it was deformed after only 3 years. I heard that Michelin's tires are fuel-efficient and silent, and I thought that the big brand tires must not be much worse, so I gritted my teeth and spent hundreds of dollars more to replace them.
At that time, the car repair brother in the tire shop for me also laughed, saying that the tires it changed by itself were only less than 300, mine was too expensive, in fact, it was just like that, using Michelin is not wear-resistant, maybe yours is not broken, mine is not broken. But then in the process of using the car, I found out that it was not what he said. Expensive is really expensive, after changing 4 tires, you can clearly feel the advantages and disadvantages of this brand of tires when you first drive on the road for the first time.
- Key Benefits:
Michelin tires focus on fuel saving and comfort, in fact, we really can't feel fuel saving, because in the process of using the car normally, no one has deliberately compared the fuel consumption gap between before and after changing the tires, although I am more concerned about the fuel consumption of the car, but I have not paid attention to it. In terms of comfort, I have a clear feeling, after changing 4 Michelin tires, the comfort of driving the car has indeed improved, especially when passing the kind of zebra-like chain speed bumps, I feel that the tires are very comfortable when they press over, and there is no longer the sound of hard tires bouncing.
When running at high speed, the tire noise is also much smaller, and I used to use Bridgestone tires, but when I ran at high speed, especially when I encountered a cement road, I felt that the tire noise of friction between the tire and the ground was particularly large. But after changing the tires, although this sound still exists, but the overall is much smaller, I feel that after changing 4 better tires, it feels like doing a sound insulation, although this description is somewhat exaggerated, but the tire noise of running at high speed is indeed much lower. I have to say, these two advantages alone are enough to attract me, I originally wanted to change Michelin tires for these two cars in my hand now, but the 215 17-inch tires for Michelin is too expensive, almost 800 apiece, and then changed Yokohama's tires as long as more than 500, but I regretted it when I drove 70 kilometers of national highway to work, and the comfort was really too average.
- Main disadvantages:
Although the advantages of Michelin tires are more attractive to me, but the disadvantages are also obvious, before I was ready to change this kind of tire, I read other people's comments on the Internet, saying that it is not wear-resistant and the braking distance will become longer, at first I don't understand whether what people say makes sense, anyway, just look at it. But the first time I used this kind of tire to run in rainy weather, I realized that something was wrong, and the braking distance would indeed become a little longer. The subjective feeling is that it feels a little slippery when braking, and I am a little unaccustomed to this when I am used to the previous kind of tires. It feels like I usually step on the brakes like this, and the distance between the car and the car in front can be kept within the range I expected, but after changing the tires, you will find that the situation is not right at first, and you have to use more force to step on the brakes in order not to rear-end it, but it's good to get used to it.
Regarding the disadvantage of not being wear-resistant, I don't think it's a disadvantage at all, because whether the tire wears fast is not only related to the quality of the tire itself, but also related to the mileage we drive, and whether the chassis of the car is adjusted well. If the chassis tuning is not good, a few books can grind a tire in 3 years, but if the chassis is tuned well, like I drove it myself for 6 years without wearing out to the point that I need to change the tire.
In addition, some drivers change their tires only for other reasons than the advantages of Michelin tires. For example, its advertising is in place, and we are full of Michelin tire shops, as long as people who have a car basically know that Michelin tires are more comfortable and have a good reputation. And many luxury brand cars, but all those that are more expensive, are made of Michelin tires, such as Rolls-Royce, and then for example, the recently popular Xiaomi SU7, its overall brand image is better, and everyone is more willing to accept it.
Changing tires is like buying a car for our family, unless we don't understand the car, we will choose randomly, as long as we know a little bit about the car, we will seriously consider the reputation and advantages and disadvantages of the car before starting, the previous Japanese cars have a better reputation on our side, so many people buy cars only recognize Japanese cars. Tires are actually the same, people who know the industry will fully consider the cost performance of tires, and the advantages and disadvantages and reputation, Michelin's reputation is good, the brand image is good, so everyone only recognizes it, if nothing else, I will still choose Michelin next time I change tires.