Ok thanks for all the opinions guys...now let me give mine on the 2 sets of Michelins I have had on the car over the past few months......OEM tires were Conti CH95's...fairly smooth and quiet tire but wore out very quickly....replaced with Goodyear Comfortreds...I really wanted to love this tire as they were just about dead silent...I'm not kidding when I say that...almost could not hear them at all...what ruined it for me was the jokers at Town Fair Tire...first of all they put 3 205/15's and one 215/55 on the car.....couldn't figure out why they could not get them running smooth
Then when they put the correct tire on they mounted it with tread direction opposite the other tires....I know they are unidirectional but when they mounted that tire all of a sudden that one new tire started to get quite loud. Not to mention that the Comfy is a little too soft for a Matrix...if you pushed them at all they got pretty loose....
SOOOOOOOOOOOOOO....I decided to trade in the tires under TF's 30 day trade policy and replaced them with Michelin HydroEdges...for the 1st week I never thought I would find a better tire ever....very smooth quiet and stuck to the road like it was a Z rated tire (T rating).....and then the noises came...these tires began to roar and whine and sing and whistle like no tire I have ever heard before
At all speeds it was evident...going down the highway I sounded like a jeep with a huge lift kit and giant mudders.....on the postive side they were smooth riding after about 7k miles...really was a decent ride but the noise!
Fast Forward to end of February...I picked up some alloy OEM rims for my Matrix and no way was I putting the HydroEdges on the new rims...I decided to get new tires and keep the Edges on the steelies for winter. I ponied up the cash and got another set of Michelins, the Exalto A/S an H rated semi performance tire....thes tires ride quite a bit stiffer than the Edge's did but somewhat to be expected due to not being a touring tire like the Edge. They even don't feel as stable as the Edges did which is odd given their speed rating. One thing it does share in common with the Edge is a bad one...while not quite as loud as the Edge's were, these tires can roar with the best of them especially driving slow...what is up with Michelin tires and sound??
Ok I'm at the point of putting people to sleep but I sort of answerd my original question....Michelin tires on my car are the 2 loudest sets of tires I have ever heard on a non truck vehicle...I'm at the point I just want to trade them in on some snow tires and go out and get something else(michelins 30 day ride guarantee)
I almost went with the TripleTreds and I'm kicking myself for not....these darn Michelins are pretty expensive for sure and I expected a little bit better...yeah I'm picky and maybe the Comfy's make any tire sound loud but just seems weird that the Contis were ok but both sets of Michelins howl!
Ok I babbled enough...just wanted to share how the Michelins worked out for me.....not too good
Goose