Vredestein Quatrac vs Michelin Pilot Sport 5 — Compared

“Vredestein Quatrac Pro+ shoulders ‘chunking up’ already Earlier this year (around February) I got a brand new full set of Quatrac Pro+ tyres for my BMW 325i. Since then the car has done around 3,500 miles. I’ve just had all the wheels off whilst doing some work on the car and the front tyres are chunking up on both shoulders, the rears are fine. (Pictures of front right attached, but they both look like this). It’s a RWD car, the pressures are as per factory, the car isn’t driven hard at all, the tracking is fine, I’m in the UK (so no extreme temperatures). Surely this can’t be right? Read more”

“Vredestein quatrac pro+ I had a tire issue while I was on a trip about a month and a half ago. I was able to plug it, but once the cold weather started, so did the slow leak—and it only continued to get worse. I took it in for service and found out I needed a new tire. The great news was that the tire was still under warranty, so one tire was completely covered. I figured I’d probably have to replace at least two tires, but they had a promotion going on: buy 3 tires, get the 4th tire free. So, with the warranty covering one tire and the buy-3-get-1-free promotion covering another, I only had to pay for two of the four tires. Since I only have about 14,000 miles on the vehicle, I wasn’t necessarily planning on replacing all four this soon, but with the deal, I decided to just pull the trigger and replace all four. I didn’t have a ton of time to research the tires beforehand, but based on what little research I was able to do, these appear to be a better option than the OEM tires. Now we’ll see how they hold up in the snow. Living in the Northeast, that’s going to be the real test! ❄️ If anyone has experience please let me know. I did take this into my dealership.”

“You won't find a true performance type tyre at 185/70 as it's just not a profile which is normally associated with performance cars. But as has been said elsewhere it is still the best profile for a fast road set up on a 105. I'd also support vredestein too, I use quatracs which are hybrid tyre designed as a compromise between a snow and a winter, they work well all year round. Vred also do a more summer biased tyre now which wasn't available at 185/70 until fairly recently I expect they would be my choice now. Edit, just checked they are called spotrtrac5 Not sure about vred classics being used in classic rallying, most people I know use either snowtrac3 or quatracs tout of a vreds range, though the rules changed at the start of last year which allowed 65 profiles to be used which had opened up more choice.”

“Have to replace my tyres soon, MC7 or PS5? Hi guys, I need to replace the tyres on my civic soon and I’m stuck between the MC7 and the PS5. I not a guy who will driving 180km/h in raining day so i think both performance is good enough for me. I did some research, it seems like MC7 have better performance overall. Also found that MC7 is cheaper than PS5 in my country (around RM600-700 cheaper for 4 tyres). I prefer tread life > noise/ comfort > performance (rarely drive over 120). Any feedback on the 2 brands would be super helpful. Thanks! === UPDATED === Thank you all for suggestions and opinions. So at the end i pick the MC7. Reasons: It’s possibly quieter compared to the PS5 The price is cheaper and come with 1 year premium (or what name i forgot) warranty There’s a Continental authorized dealer near my place I’ve never tried Continental before, so I decided to give it a try At the moment, the driving experience is a bit quieter than the previous PS4 (which is expected since it’s a new tire). As for performance, I haven’t really pushed it to the limit, but it’s more than sufficient for me, didn’t experience any wheel spin or loss of traction so far. One thing I do notice is that I can constantly hear small stones sticking to the tire and hitting the wheel arch which is very annoying. Also, on a personal note, I still prefer the sidewall shape of the PS5, so it took me some time to get used to the rounded sidewall of the MC7 Read more”

“Michelin PS5 Delaminating Near new PS5, running a low speed track, and the fronts basically fell apart after 2 sessions. I know these aren't track-focussed tires, but is this really expected for them? Looks like the tires got too hot, but I'm just shocked how poorly they performed on a stock car (Golf R). Not sure if it's worth contacting Michelin over this or not. Read more”

“Put some 235/45 R17 ps5’s on my 9-5 They fill up the arches quite nice!”