Need new tires on '05 sedan. Michelin Energy MXV4 S8 vs. Primacy MXV4?

[Q451990]

Is anyone running either of these tires on their G sedan?

The Primacy steps down to an H rating, but has a slightly higher load rating. They are the same price, and I have a very strong brand preference for Michelins, so I'd rather not get a ton of advice about getting a different brand. This is my wife's car, so performance isn't a huge consideration... I drive it some, but never super hard. Speed rating of 130 MPH vs. 149 MPH+ is totally irrelevant on this car for us

The one set of Michelins that I had and didn't like was one of their 80K mileage tires back in the early 90's (maybe the X1?), so the longer life warranty and 620 rating of the Primacy makes me a little nervous - but it got very high ratings on tirerack.com's test and user reviews.

BTW, I have been moderately happy with the Turanza EL42's but found them to be noisy. At 35K in service, they have a couple of thousand miles left on them, but one has a nail that's too close to the sidewall to patch.

Any advice or comments?

Thanks!

Heath

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Is anyone running either of these tires on their G sedan?

The Primacy steps down to an H rating, but has a slightly higher load rating. They are the same price, and I have a very strong brand preference for Michelins, so I'd rather not get a ton of advice about getting a different brand. This is my wife's car, so performance isn't a huge consideration... I drive it some, but never super hard. Speed rating of 130 MPH vs. 149 MPH+ is totally irrelevant on this car for us

The one set of Michelins that I had and didn't like was one of their 80K mileage tires back in the early 90's (maybe the X1?), so the longer life warranty and 620 rating of the Primacy makes me a little nervous - but it got very high ratings on tirerack.com's test and user reviews.

BTW, I have been moderately happy with the Turanza EL42's but found them to be noisy. At 35K in service, they have a couple of thousand miles left on them, but one has a nail that's too close to the sidewall to patch.

Any advice or comments?

Thanks!

Heath

Whats going on man,

I work at a authorized michelin dealer and IMO I would proably have to go with the Energy MXV4's. First off the tire is better in overall performance and second the primacy's are starting to discontinue and be replaced by the Energy's.

[Q451990]

Thanks for the response! I had the Energy MXV4 S8's installed yesterday. We're going back on Saturday since the alignment tech went home early yesterday... kind of wish they had told me that before we put the tires on, but I guess two days of driving (50 or 60 miles total) won't start crazy wear patterns. I don't think it's off that much anyhow.

I haven't actually driven the car yet - met the wife there and then drove home separately.

Heath