My car is in need of new tires, and my parents are looking at buying Michelins through Costco (currently there's a sale for $60 off a set of four). I'm not at home with the car right now, so I'm not 100% positive which tires they're considering, but I think that they're looking at installing Michelin X-Radial DT in the P185/70/R14 size. My dad's exact words were that they're considering "the ones that Michelin reconmends for your car."

First, does anyone have any experience with these tires?

Second, does anyone know where these are on TireRack? I've looked, but the only tires TireRack lists in this size are the Michelin X-Ice, Harmony, and HydroEdge tires. The Ice are $65 and the other two are $79 there, but I would think that Costco would specifically mention if the tires were some sort of "special" version. The Radial seems to be a different brand.

Third, would this be an overall improvement or step down from my current tires, BF Goodrich Control T/As? I can't find the exact page for those particular tires, but I can say that they were a definite improvement over whatever generic tires I had before (although that could possibly be because my old tires were simply worn out). It doesn't look like they're made anymore, but I was directed towards the BG Control line by the Brickboard before and relatively satisfied with that choice (I didn't get the top-of-the-line performance tires, but they were good nonetheless).