Looked today....mine were made in Germany
I've never had that happen. We have a member that lives in Arizona who did, but that's something I've never had happen in Canada. I've owned MANY sets of Michelin tires.
Did they sit in the sun and not move? We've had Primacy as well as, lord, must be 7x sets of LTX's starting with the LTX M/S over three separate SUV's. Only reason we have Conti's on the RAM is that they were rated just as well as the Defender LTX and were considerably less expensive.I’m in Ontario as well and seen this happen with Defenders. Primacy were fine though.
Not in the least, these are better riding and, so far, my experience has been that they are FAR better on ice than the Hankook's ever were. I'll do a full review once I've had them in some real weather.I bet you don't miss those Hankooks at all. Never had a tire where I felt the white knuckle experience when the weather was bad like those. Some Nokians solved that issue. Costco has 150 off Michelins now so may take a look.
Did they sit in the sun and not move? We've had Primacy as well as, lord, must be 7x sets of LTX's starting with the LTX M/S over three separate SUV's. Only reason we have Conti's on the RAM is that they were rated just as well as the Defender LTX and were considerably less expensive.
The older Xice I've used are pretty much lightweight standard snowtire construction with thin sidewalls. A new full depth snow tire, compared to a half worn all season, probably feels a little squirmy and has more rolling resistance. After the xice tires get broken in I don't find much difference in rolling resistance.I recently got X-Ice Snow on a Civic. I feel a big weight difference vs my all seasons. Engine definitely has to work harder.
I will have to weight them and compare when I switch back. They are both on OE steel wheels.
The older Xice I've used are pretty much lightweight standard snowtire construction with thin sidewalls. A new full depth snow tire, compared to a half worn all season, probably feels a little squirmy and has more rolling resistance. After the xice tires get broken in I don't find much difference in rolling resistance.
I was curious with how you ended up with XL tires? but then had a look at tirerack's spec for x-ice snows and see that most sizes are XL? But the tire weights still seem pretty comparable to SL tires of the same size. @CapriRacer might give us some insight on why Michelin did this?My OE tires are 93 SL. The Michelin are 97 XL so I suspect there is a weight increase for the higher load tires.
.......@CapriRacer might give us some insight on why Michelin did this? ......
Same here, but it really depends where you live. If i would live in central Europe i would aim more for wet performance levels. Do they sell x ice north 4 in Canada? Those tires are better in extreme winter condition vs the x ice snowSo many people here are concerned about wet and hydroplaning performance. But I buy winter tires for WINTER performance. All the H20 is solid-state here in Iceberta.
I've also never had problems with Michelins cracking even after 8 years, while I have had problems with Continentals and Yokohamas cracking after just 4 years.
I have the Michelin X-Ice Snow (and before that, the previous model X-Ice Xi3) and they have been my favourite tire ever. Just superb in extreme winter conditions, confidence-inspiring. And in the dry they drive just like an all-season tire, I cannot tell the difference at all.