Michelin tyres for my Nexon: Initial driving impression.
Drive is super silent and soft. Suspension noise is very much muted now. Good thing is that tyres are silent on the concrete highway too. Many silent tyres on bitumen roads suddenly become noisy and boomy as soon the concrete patch starts. This problem is solved with these Michelins. They are equally silent there. Because of this now I hear engine noise clearly in the cabin.
They are very sticky and attach to road like leech. This property has improved the braking too.
In this age of hatchbacks and compact sedans, where everyone is modifying cars and making the car hot hatch and announcing upgrade and upsize to massive
195/55 r15 etc etc, I want to thank Tata that they have provided proper sized tyres
215/60 R16 on the Nexon. Just to give you a perspective :Older 2 tonne safari had
235 tyres. Scorpio and XUV always had
235 tyre. And far smaller in dimensions Nexon has
215 !!
Some pics I missed posting earlier
I have never seen such design
between the grooves in any tyre
Even the tread wear indicator is unique.
This is the speed rating and load index of old tyre: 95H
This is the speed rating and load index of old tyre: 690 kgs
After next few pics there is comparison pic.
Michelin
Extra load capacity Michelin
This is the speed rating and load index of Michelin tyre: 99V
This is the speed rating and load index of new tyre:775kgs
This is the speed rating and load index of new tyre:775kgs
Not many people love tyres.
I love only 3 things on a car.
Looks
Engine
Tyres
Thanks for your patience with my pics.