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Message: The nomenclature can be confusing
Changed By: Laz
Change Date: January 31, 2012 01:13AM
The nomenclature can be confusing
Change Date: January 31, 2012 01:13AM
The nomenclature can be confusing
Michelin made or makes various "Pilot" iterations that are or were available as 255-40-17s. The following three were or are available as N spec: Pilot SX Mxx3, Pilot Sport (Rib*,) Pilot Sport 2 (commonly called the PS2.) The Pilot Sport (no other designation) might've been available in the 255-40-17 size, but it definitely was never N spec and has an aggressive, V patterned tread, very different from the other Pilots.
Any Mxx3s still available are pretty much museum pieces at this point: the date code of the tires that are on the rear of my former Boxster is 2005 or 2006.
Whether Michelin will make the Pilot Super Sport in that size remains to be seen, but I doubt it as the application goes too many years back.
*The word "Rib" doesn't appear on the sidewall, but is called that on the Tire Rack site.
Any Mxx3s still available are pretty much museum pieces at this point: the date code of the tires that are on the rear of my former Boxster is 2005 or 2006.
Whether Michelin will make the Pilot Super Sport in that size remains to be seen, but I doubt it as the application goes too many years back.
*The word "Rib" doesn't appear on the sidewall, but is called that on the Tire Rack site.
Original Message
Author: LazDate: January 31, 2012 01:10AM
The nomenclature can be confusing
Michelin made or makes various "Pilot" iterations that are or were available as 255-40-17s. The following three were or are available as N spec: Pilot SX Mxx3, Pilot Sport (Rib,) Pilot Sport 2 (commonly called the PS2.) The Pilot Sport (no other designation) might've been available in the 255-40-17 size, but it definitely was never N spec and has an aggressive, V patterned tread, very different from the other Pilots.
Any Mxx3s still available are pretty much museum pieces at this point: the date code of the tires that are on the rear of my former Boxster is 2005 or 2006.
Whether Michelin will make the Pilot Super Sport in that size remains to be seen, but I doubt it as the application goes too many years back.
Any Mxx3s still available are pretty much museum pieces at this point: the date code of the tires that are on the rear of my former Boxster is 2005 or 2006.
Whether Michelin will make the Pilot Super Sport in that size remains to be seen, but I doubt it as the application goes too many years back.