geordie

I have 2 winter seasons on these, the tread is not bad with even wear and about 5 to 7000 miles life remaining.
However, the noise off the tires is horrendous, a fact confirmed this week when swapping back to the Pirelli PZero's.
Same happened on a set of Dunlops and I see a report on Tire Rack of noise developing as the tires age.
I was hoping the tires might get quiet again but they will probably have turned into racing slicks before that happens!

rhodyA8L

I had the same expereince with those tires on a BMW 740. My complaints were price, noise, and the width was actually a little narrower than the non-sport pilot. Just not worth the money in my opinion.

Mister Bally

I'm using the 19" version (Michelin Pilot Sport A/S 255 40 ZR19 96Y M+S) on my a8 as the summer tires. I use the true Michelin snow tires (17" on cheap aluminum rims) during the winter as I go through some bad weather from time to time.

With 19,000 miles on my A/S tires, I do not notice any excessive noise yet. They are quiet IMO so far. It looks like they will only give a total of 40,000 miles of service which is disappointing for how much they co$t me. I expected 55-60k based on the treadwear number and previous Michelin experience on Audi's for me.

ARA4JM

Had them as year-round tire on my allroad - got about 20k miles out of a set. On my A4 I seem to get about 50k miles. Have had a total of 3 sets over both cars. Each time they became very noisy over the last 25% of their life.

geordie

40k but the noise is so bad that they are virtually useless.

The A8 Doc

Simular mileage on mine, but I assumed the noise was size of suspension. They are noisy on some roads tho.

Any better tyres for the same wear rate?

geordie

Noise is not the suspension, it is the tread. PZeros are a quiet as can be.

MP4.2+6.0

I like the PZero Nero M+S (A/S's) on the C5; also quiet (unlike the P6 absolute junk by mid life). Admittedly marginal as an A/S given the closer to summer tread pattern, but it is rated A/S.

It'a also an XL rated tire in the 20's unlike the Michelin. In the 19's I guess one has to go to the Advan S4 or something as an alerternative on the D3 since I don't know that that the PZNero covers that size.

The Pirelli's and Yokohama's can price at like a third less and cover the same sort of wear and temp ratings (I know, not directly comparable across brands for wear...).

David SLC

YES! I replaced the factory tires @ 30K with Michelin Pilot Sport A/S on my 2006 A8. My main selection criteria was the little "ridge" that offers some protection to the wheels (which I've now repaired a total of seven times). An aggressive A/S tread, they seemed fine at first. But now, with 8,000 miles, they howl noticeably (and unacceptably). I can't live with it, and am going to have the dealer pull them off next week. Anyone coach me on what would be the quietest tire I could put back on? Thanks...