yes the tread lasts but these dryrot like nothing else! i hav e them on 2 vehicles i drive only a few thousand miles a year and both sets totally shot from dry rot in 10 years at 300$ per tire this is unacceptable
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All tires should be replaced by 10 years. Regardless of mileage. Because they degrade and do things like… dry rot. Rubber doesn’t last forever.
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I don't run tires longer than 7-8 years, even with a lot of tread left.
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It's actually very acceptable. Tires have to be inspected yearly after 5 years, and replaced after 10.
https://www.michelinman.com/auto/auto-tips-and-advice/tire-buying-guide/when-do-i-need-new-tires
While I not a Michelin fan all tires should be replaced at the 10 year mark. There are many other choices for low millage vehicles.
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Same here.
In Florida, you're probably better off with max performance summer tires. You don't deal with snow or cold temperatures, and they'll last as many miles as you'll drive in 5-6 years 
edyvw
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call Michelin and ask your money back! That is absolutely unacceptable!
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Indeed - and record the call - waiting on transcript
Park your vehicles in a garage or covered parking. If those are not applicable, then buy a car cover
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Our 2011 GM came with Michelins. I got "scared" because of the dry rot appearance in 1 year.
The sentiment on this forum is throw the tires away, and if possible, the car as well. Because it's unacceptable! (All kidding aside, here it is 2025, and people want to buy that car because it seems "cheap" and is a nice car. And no matter what one tells those people, they become self fulfilled prophecys).
Miraculously, Michelin had a recall. It just so happened to "avoid" our production week so the dealer said. My own check online concurred. And here I thought I was a genius buying tires made from sunflowers.
Because I couldn't simply throw away a 60k tire at 11k, like many here might, we simply drove on those tires for 4 more years (we didn't turn into pumpkins or anything crazy like that), at which time, we got the Premier LTX, which were just as bad. They wore out in 33k, when they were 60k tires (web was riddled with complaints like ours). They started at 8.5/32, perhaps one of the first tires to rip customers off by 2.5/32. It's only about 23%. Since this didn't go so well for their reputation, the next iteration had 10/32.
At any rate, I got over being "scared" and decided to worry about more important things. Like why my NHL team can't make the playoffs anymore.
The end.
btw I am a michelin fanboy just like I'm a GM fanboy (loyal to GM and not my better and more reliable cars the BMW and Lexus, local 276 booyah!). Sometimes we like what we like
The sentiment on this forum is throw the tires away, and if possible, the car as well. Because it's unacceptable! (All kidding aside, here it is 2025, and people want to buy that car because it seems "cheap" and is a nice car. And no matter what one tells those people, they become self fulfilled prophecys).
Miraculously, Michelin had a recall. It just so happened to "avoid" our production week so the dealer said. My own check online concurred. And here I thought I was a genius buying tires made from sunflowers.
Because I couldn't simply throw away a 60k tire at 11k, like many here might, we simply drove on those tires for 4 more years (we didn't turn into pumpkins or anything crazy like that), at which time, we got the Premier LTX, which were just as bad. They wore out in 33k, when they were 60k tires (web was riddled with complaints like ours). They started at 8.5/32, perhaps one of the first tires to rip customers off by 2.5/32. It's only about 23%. Since this didn't go so well for their reputation, the next iteration had 10/32.
At any rate, I got over being "scared" and decided to worry about more important things. Like why my NHL team can't make the playoffs anymore.
The end.
btw I am a michelin fanboy just like I'm a GM fanboy (loyal to GM and not my better and more reliable cars the BMW and Lexus, local 276 booyah!). Sometimes we like what we like
I generally dont keep tires more than 25000 to 30 000 miles or 3-4 years whichever comes first.
I rotate summer and winter tires so milage accumulates slower than years.
They are literally where the rubber meets the road for the vehicle, so its a resilience and safety and even security issue to me.
Dont want be to broken down with busted tired on the side of the road again ever.
It happend to me one time coming out of NYC.
Tire burst on a bridge out of down, slowly made my way on the busted tire off the exit as changing the tire on the bridge was simply not possible in a safe manner.
I started to rtry toi put on the donut, but there was really no shoulder and traffic insisted of speeding by my back with literally inches to spare.
It just wasnt safe. Even as a risk tolerant 20 something male, I could see that.
When I got off the bridge I was in a very sketchy neighborhood by myself (unarmed since it was NYC) and night was falling.
I had to leave my nice vehicle unattended there and ran/jogged around the neighborhood to (quickly!) find service provider.
By a minor miracle I found a tiny hole-in-the-wall tire shop, that sold used tires and they had the tire size instock.
They took no credit cards and I used up most of my cash paying for that replacement tire.
I had another 1500 miles of interstate driving ahead of me. Not reasonably possible on a donut w/o accepting excessive risk.
That busted tire almost got me killed on the bridge twice: once when it burst at highway speeds and once when I tried to change it.
Never again.
I rotate summer and winter tires so milage accumulates slower than years.
They are literally where the rubber meets the road for the vehicle, so its a resilience and safety and even security issue to me.
Dont want be to broken down with busted tired on the side of the road again ever.
It happend to me one time coming out of NYC.
Tire burst on a bridge out of down, slowly made my way on the busted tire off the exit as changing the tire on the bridge was simply not possible in a safe manner.
I started to rtry toi put on the donut, but there was really no shoulder and traffic insisted of speeding by my back with literally inches to spare.
It just wasnt safe. Even as a risk tolerant 20 something male, I could see that.
When I got off the bridge I was in a very sketchy neighborhood by myself (unarmed since it was NYC) and night was falling.
I had to leave my nice vehicle unattended there and ran/jogged around the neighborhood to (quickly!) find service provider.
By a minor miracle I found a tiny hole-in-the-wall tire shop, that sold used tires and they had the tire size instock.
They took no credit cards and I used up most of my cash paying for that replacement tire.
I had another 1500 miles of interstate driving ahead of me. Not reasonably possible on a donut w/o accepting excessive risk.
That busted tire almost got me killed on the bridge twice: once when it burst at highway speeds and once when I tried to change it.
Never again.
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Tires should be replaced every 5-6 years REGARDLESS of miles driven. Rubber hardens &/or deteriorates, you're endangering your life and what's worse that of others!
That averages out to $12.20 a year per tire. 
Natural rubber has a storage life of a few years. For tires Its blended with other things like petroleum and carbon, and then the tire is pressed under high pressure and temperature to make it last longer. You could put a tire in cold storage and it would last longer than 10 years, but not forever. 10 Years is a pretty good run actually.
OP-sounds like you need to drive more 
. Being in Florida, are you parking inside of a garage or outside in the elements? Sunlight/UV rays really do a number on rubber tires and why you see so many RVs with tire covers. I get that you want to put the best tire on your car possible, but there are ones available with same, and sometimes better performance than the Fat Guy tires, for less money. Just doesn't have the French prestige to go along with them. Still, 10 years in the Sunshine state is a REALLY good run for those tires.
. Being in Florida, are you parking inside of a garage or outside in the elements? Sunlight/UV rays really do a number on rubber tires and why you see so many RVs with tire covers. I get that you want to put the best tire on your car possible, but there are ones available with same, and sometimes better performance than the Fat Guy tires, for less money. Just doesn't have the French prestige to go along with them. Still, 10 years in the Sunshine state is a REALLY good run for those tires.
Florida is one of the 5 states where tires fail more often than the rest of the states. That's because of the temperature - and while Florida isn't as hot as - say - Arizona, it stays warmer longer. Putting that in engineering terms: The heat history of Florida is much more like Arizona than Minnesota.
It's been said that the life of a tire in FL, AZ, CA, NV, & TX is 6 years. Cold states like MN, MT, ND, SD, & WI is 10 years. States in between are .... ah .... in between.
I gave up on them many years ago. Cord separation and dry rot, no thanks.
edyvw
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Yep. Miami is hottest major city in the US. Just bit higher than Phoenix bcs. stays hotter longer.
I dumped Michelin several years ago. I didn't get good lasting mileage out of them. And than I had about a 5 year old set on my F-150 cracking badly. Michelin would not do anything about it so I took my money elsewhere.
Using Continental ever since.
Using Continental ever since.
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