Michelin HydroEdge experiences?

How much pressure do you use in your tires?

 

I have about 15K on my HydroEdges. I went to the 195 width, and noticed a dramatic improvement in handling. The "vagueness" in the steering that other report was gone, and it seemed like a much heavier car, almost like a Camry. They seem very sure footed in the rain.

The noise I haven't noticed. Either I wasn't paying attention or the Dynamat + JL Audio system covers it up.

Probably has been a 1-2 MPG milage hit. I usually run 44/42.

 

We put the HydroEdges on Rudy about a year ago.
We live in a very rainy area, with occasional deluges, and in the winter, we get icy/snowy/sleet conditions.
I've never had a single slip with the HEs... I can plow straight through extensive puddles without much drag, and no hydroplaning.
I've driven on ice/snow/sleet, and had no issues with tire grip or handling.

Personally, I've never really noticed road noise with them. I think I dropped about 2 MPG with them, overall. It's a worthwhile trade off for the safety of driving in the kind of conditions we drive in (still cheap at twice the price!).

 

Mine are noisy because I had a slight rear misalignment and they
haven't recovered after fixing the alignment and a couple of
rotations since [the last one about 3 days ago]. The inner [toward
car] sides of the treads on both of them at this point are very
slightly feathered, which makes the whole right side do the
wooba-wooba noise noticeably more than the left. They may recover
over time, they may not. Of course with the pressure in the
mid-fifties they aren't going to wear very fast to make up for it.
If I take them down to like 35 PSI they do get *much* quieter,
but there's NFW I'm going to run around with them like that.
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Stiff and grinding, that's the only way to do it!
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_H*

 

I have 87,000 miles on my hydroedges. I never noticed much road noise. These tires are immensely better than the OEMs. As the rated treadwear is 90,000, I'm about due for a new set. It looks like I have a good 10,000 or more left on them though. Until Michelin releases the tweel, I will be replacing them with new sets of hydroedges.

 

shudder those TWEELs are hideous. But it's a neat idea

 

Evan,

What conditons are you driving under to get such high mpg's? What tire PSI are you using? How have your experiences been with snow/ice? tia

 

So it sounds like some of you are using the hydroedge as a snow tire too? I love my hydroedge tires on water..... they took me safely through the terrible flooding we experienced in central Indiana this summer. I felt I gave them a real test, as I plowed thru stream flowing across the highway (Bad thing to do, I know. But when it's flooding north, south, east, and west and you're on the road, what do you do? You give those hydroedges a real test!) Anyway, I just re-mounted my x-ice snow tires for their 3rd and last season. I wonder if I should have just left the hydroedges on now!

 

I finally wore down my Michelin HyrdoEdge tires (set of 4, running 42/40) after 56,344 miles. I was very happy with them in terms of handling wet, dry, and snow.

They replaced the OEM Goodyear Integrities, which ran just 25,122 miles and, I felt, with rather poor handling.

For my third set, I'm trying the Goodyear Assurance TripleTred, sized at 195/60R15.

 

Did you get warranty on the HydroEdge's. I believe they are rated at 90,000 miles, right?

PA P

 

No warranty. But at purchase, they were rated for 85k.

 

How the heck did you wear them out?? Mine are still plenty meaty
after about 50,000 miles so far.
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_H*

 

do not know. I actually drive pretty conservatively. I do mostly Massachusetts highway mileage, which are not the greatest surfaces for sure. I ran the tires year-round, with inflation at 42/40, and rotated every 6k.

 

Actually they have a 6 year/90,000 mile limited warranty from Michelin.

 

COSTCO has four Michelin HydroEdge 185/65 R15 for $426 (includes $70 discount w/ 4 tires) + tax until Feb 1, 2009 installed, balanced, road- hazard, etc. Seems like a good price. Just ordered them. Should arrive at store and get installed by next wk.
Have a 2006 Prius with 42k. Purchased early Jan 2006. Three yrs now. Tires not bald but getting close. If wait until 50k, I might be able to slide the car if I push it.

 

Have 137K miles on my hydroedges.
Yes 137K miles!!

scott

 

Discount Tire Direct had a Michelin 'sale' this past weekend, with $70 off a set of 4 tires. They'll arrive Thursday for $378 total.

I'm going for the 195/65R-15 Hydroedges, since that size in the Goodyear TripleTreds did me OK. The life on the TT's was shorter than I liked, so I'm hoping that the Hydroedges come closer to their estimate. If I don't see an improvement, I guess I'll have to reevaluate my driving style. It's not like I often spin the tires...