butch burton wrote:

> A tire to avoid is the Michelin MXV4 - one of the worst tires I have
> driven on in wet weather - when the tread looses traction - it is like
> you hit ice - somebody who knew a lot about tread design said this
> happens cause the engineers designed this tire for mileage - a lot of
> manufacturer's - saw them on new Mercedes - use them to get up their
> fleet mileage numbers. Avoid this tire - some have no problems with it
> - depends upon how you drive - if you push it at all -BFN. Also the
> MXV4 absolutely howls when cornered hard on dry pavement.

Sounds almost exactly like the Uniroyal TigerPaw AWP's I had on my Accord a
few years ago. I drove just 10,000km (6200 miles) before I ditched them.