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Review on MICHELIN X-Ice North 4 235/45 R18 98T winter by Wiktor Witold Skow ᠌

Revainrating 2 out of 5

Upset and disappointed, product is very bad!

I will say right away for more than 10 years I have been buying ONLY MICHELIN tires, so to speak, a fan of this brand. Because I don’t drive aggressively, in this brand I was first of all impressed by the softness of the rubber, the rubber was very quiet, comfortable, and, of course, kept the road well. Last year, I bought a MICHELIN X-Ice North 4 to replace the MICHELIN X-Ice North 3. I bought it in the Koleso. Ru chain of stores in Hong Kong. Immediately when driving there was a strong noise of thorns, but this is always the case, the rubber rolls in and the noise practically disappears. A little later, while driving, some kind of resonant sound appeared, it seems that something “bubonite” was in the suspension. that the box is to blame, it is almost necessary to disassemble it. Because there was no general opinion on this sound, I decided to ride for now. So it went all winter. In the spring I put summer tires MICHELIN PRIMACY 4, this sound is gone! And I realized it was in the rubber! Now I again drove on summer tires, everything is fine, I installed this rubber and immediately again this killer sound, “boo-boo-boo” starts from 40 km / h and up to 100 km / h, then practically disappears. Driving on the highway for long distances is tough ! Rubber this buzz crosses out all the pluses! I think it is balanced, it is normal, the steering wheel is not afraid, it does not hit. I checked the alignment / alignment, everything is fine in the suspension. I don’t know, is the marriage of rubber like that? And further. I had MICHELIN CROSSCLIMATE tires in the first version, I didn’t like the tires because they were noisy, and I didn’t keep the car at all in light snow, although it was announced as all-weather, but that’s not the point. When the rubber was pretty worn out, but it was about 1 mm before the wear marks, about the same resonant sound appeared, I drove around a bunch of service stations and went to my OD, they didn’t find anything on the car! Changed to new tires MICHELIN PRIMACY 4 and that's it! The problem disappeared! I'm starting to slowly become disillusioned with MICHELIN. Most likely, I will take another brand of rubber next. Maybe I'm just unlucky, but this is purely my opinion and experience

Pros
  • Good traction in the snow.
Cons
  • Terribly uncomfortable! Weird noise while driving! With my old tires MICHELIN X-Ice North 3 can not even compare !

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July 13, 2023
Got pros: rows well, holds the track. holding the car when braking Cons: two seasons of hard exploitation, spikes loss of 80%