I have two sets of wheels and have the opportunity to bounce from different tires upon application. All though I’ve run other brands and in doing so I must say that I fall back to these for various reasons. For track days and strict summer time driving pilot cup 2’s are marginally better but I find these work very well for the same application with the added bonus that they are much much better for the rain.
I recently ran an unusually good competitor track oriented
tire, and it was very comparable to the pilot cup, extremely predictable and good
all the way around but got caught out in the rain on a road
trip and it became quite the sketch session, wishing I had
my other wheels with Michelin’s on. The only thing I will
say is you need to put temperature in them on
colder type days as they’ll brake free quite easily. As far as
lasting, I find that they are very good, no complaints whatsoever
and I’m looking forward to another set, buy with confidence.

I spec’s these tires on my Ferrari SF90 after having them on my 812GTS. They are great tires when used properly. Make sure they are properly warmed up before pushing them and I never drive in the rain. My only complaint is I’ve had 3 nail punctures in one year. My local tire dealerships won’t touch them because of tread depth. Below their limits of 3/32nds, even though they were 200 miles old! I told them this is how they are designed and my local Discount Tire called Michelin and we sat there for 25 minutes while the girl online supposedly went to measure tread depth. She told him all 3 grooves were over 1/4” and so he refused to service it. That was totally wrong. The center groove is visually less than that when new! My friend at BMW took care of it because he was familiar with these tires. You need to educate these tire stores, and your own employees, on serviceability of your product.

I've had a few sets of these on Porsches. First on a 981 GT4 and next on my 718 Spyder. To be honest, had I known our they were equipping these on a convertible from the factory, I would have optioned for the no charge downgrade.

I had another GT4 that had a competitor's tire on it. Driven back to back, there were definitely different characteristics. I always described those Cup 2's as 'plinky' as that's the sound they'd make over any bump, even with tire pressures lowered. My wife and I also had similar observations of heavy steering response on the GT4, but I understand the desire for straight line stability in a car that is slated to do 180++ MPH on the track.

There's lots of differences between our previous 981 Spyder and the 718, but my single biggest complaint with the car seems to fall on these tires. The previous generation was equipped with a competing brand's high performance summer tire. Obviously, there was less grip most of the time, but if we got caught in the rain, no big deal. Also, the non-track tires were very predictable making the car a breeze and a pleasure to drive.

I do not track the Spyder... it's a convertible meant for the street in my opinion. Porsche's website has a few warnings added to it now about hydroplaning with the Cup 2's. I haven't had the car in the rain, but if these are similar to the ones I had on my GT4 several years back, they're borderline dangerous in the wet. Also, at lower temperatures (less than 60 F), these are extremely unpredictable. It's hard to criticize a track tire for that, as at the track I would be using tire warmers or at least a few laps before I started to push the car. But, for a street legal car, I can't fathom the purpose of their purpose.

My complaints with the tire fall mostly on how numb the Cup 2's feel with extremely heavy turn in. I feel like there's an extra layer of compound on Michelin tires that make them seem soft and disconnected from the road... almost like your riding on a set of tires on top of a sheet of rubber on top of asphalt. Accompanying this seems to be the heaviest steering I've ever felt in our Porsche's. I noticed the numb feeling with my PS4's as well, but I don't mind it with those considering they are on a daily driven GTI. But for a simple roadster, I prefer to feel the imperfections of the road with nimble steering response.

Unless someone is very competitive in amateur racing, has lots of money to dispose of, or just wants that extra second off of their lap times, I would opt for PS4's or a competitor of the PS4's.

I want to be on the Michelin bandwagon, but I just can't see what all the fuss and cost is about. The street characteristics really are unacceptable even if you're claiming it's meant for the track. I've run slicks at multiple tracks from multiple manufacturers, and have turned near identical lap times between them for given conditions.

OEM on my 2018 Shelby GT350, car is heavy at 3750#, these tires keep her stuck to the road. DO NOT USE IN TEMP BELOW ~45° OR ON EVEN SLIGHT SNOW! I picked her up in December, very, very light snow, headed to Discount Tire for 4 Snows, nearly wadded her up into a huge traffic light pole. I managed to ease over 1 lane and go through the light. Thank God, raised in MO and 45 years in Denver, I am skilled at snow driving. But this scared the crap out of me