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Michelin PS4s tyres - hard to find!
« on: 20 May 2022, 18:27 »
I’m having trouble sourcing any Michelin Pilot Sport 4S in 225/35/19 XL 88Y . 

Are these being phased out ?  Are the 5s’s inbound soon?

Best I’ve found is Costco at about £157 plus £9 fitting each.  I’m not a Costco member though but May have to join up unless I can find a better deal.

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Re: Michelin PS4s tyres - hard to find!
« Reply #2 on: 21 May 2022, 13:22 »
I got the 235's from Formula 1 online then fitted at local depot.
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Re: Michelin PS4s tyres - hard to find!
« Reply #3 on: 22 May 2022, 09:16 »
I had a quick look at a few tyre websites yesterday when I had a quiet few minutes before mowing my clover and moss patch (some people have lawns, I have something downgraded from that!) and you’re right. In that size there seems to be a dearth of choices now. Not just a lack of Michelins but a lack of many choices.

A pain in the derrière if you just want one or two tyres but a good excuse to get 235s if you want four.
Even in 235/35/19 the PS4S seem to have gone up £20+ a corner since I bought mine 16 months ago.
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Re: Michelin PS4s tyres - hard to find!
« Reply #4 on: 22 May 2022, 17:26 »
I like the idea of the 235’s but the problem I have is that I’m just looking for 2 fronts to replace some old
Budgets that came with the car.  The rear has 2 decent 225/35 PS4s’s.  I may have to stump up for Costco membership as they’ve the best deal I’ve found so far.

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Re: Michelin PS4s tyres - hard to find!
« Reply #5 on: 22 May 2022, 18:13 »
MC, in your position if you are considering going for 235 all round at some point, i wouldn't feel too bad about running them on the front for now. Audi have run slightly wider fronts on the RS3 to reduce understeer from inception.
The only issue is the 225 rears may well outlast the new fronts as they (the rear tyres) do far less work.

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Re: Michelin PS4s tyres - hard to find!
« Reply #6 on: 08 June 2022, 22:51 »
I had a quick look at a few tyre websites yesterday when I had a quiet few minutes before mowing my clover and moss patch (some people have lawns, I have something downgraded from that!) and you’re right. In that size there seems to be a dearth of choices now. Not just a lack of Michelins but a lack of many choices.

A pain in the derrière if you just want one or two tyres but a good excuse to get 235s if you want four.
Even in 235/35/19 the PS4S seem to have gone up £20+ a corner since I bought mine 16 months ago.

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Re: Michelin PS4s tyres - hard to find!
« Reply #7 on: 09 June 2022, 07:56 »
I had a quick look at a few tyre websites yesterday when I had a quiet few minutes before mowing my clover and moss patch (some people have lawns, I have something downgraded from that!)

Evergreen 4 in 1 for the lawn! Works wonders

Or get a firm in. We had moss, clover and dandelion patch at our previous house. We had a lawn care company that came round and treated it with potions every 6-8 weeks or so for £20 a visit.
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Re: Michelin PS4s tyres - hard to find!
« Reply #8 on: 09 June 2022, 09:02 »
Just treated with 4 in 1 yesterday. Not as satisfying as finding ps4s though.
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Re: Michelin PS4s tyres - hard to find!
« Reply #9 on: 09 June 2022, 12:59 »
They are French so we can't rule out a strike as a possibility, I noticed the shortage started about April time.
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