[QUOTE] How do you separate the characteristics of tires from that of the vehicle? In other words, how can you compare an EXplorer with Michelin's to a Pilot with GoodYears? They are two different, completely different vehicles... Help me to understand how you come to your conclusions about the GoodYear tires.[/QUOTE] The Explorer did pretty much the same thing with the OEM Firestone tires. When I put the Michelin tires on it, the wandering and poor handling went away. Yes, I'm assuming the Pilot would improve with something else. But if you read the comments from people on http://www.hondapilot.org/ about tires, their handling improved markedly when they replace the Integrity tires with something else.