Need Quiet All Season Tire

[2002 Maxima SE]

Originally Posted By: Buffman
You'd have to have a pretty lazy ABS system to flat spot a tire if everything was properly working.


Maybe it's just me, or maybe it's because I've never really encountered a noisy passenger car tire, but I don't see how some people label some tires as noisy. I mean I understand the off road mudd tires on my brother's 77 F150, but most cars today are packed with all kinds of sound deadening material.

Do people drive around with the radio off, and everyone silent listening for tire noise?

For example, my 1991 Ford Ranger has 27x8.5x14 BFG All Terrian T/A Kos on it. Lot of tread left on them (12/32"+). With 30 psi in them they are whisper quiet. I just recently pumped the fronts to 35 psi and the rears to 33. If I turn off the radio (which I dont listen to that loud), I can barely make out tire noise on slowing down.

My winterforce (235/70/15) tires I had on my 1995 Roadmaster were the same way. Same with the Supra 712s (255/50/17) I have on my 17" wheels for the Roadmaster. Gf's cavalier has some BFG tire on it (195/70/14), and tire noise isn't a concern.

Trust me, I hear a lot of noises and get to wondering what they are coming from, etc (just like how I noticed the new MKX at work has an exhaust leak), but tire noise has never been an issue for me. I guess when I get new tires for the 17" this season (prolly 285/40/17 Kumho SPTS), I'll have to see if I can make out any concerning tire noise.


If I cannot carry on a conversation without yelling, then I consider the tires noisy.

The OEM tires on my wifes 04 Forester were about as noisy as my current tires. Combined with the bad wind noise (engineering issue on that model) and it was abysmal for long trips.

My current tires (Avon M550) were great up to about 10k or 15k miles. Whatever soft/sound deadening material they used wore off after that and the tires send every noise and vibration into the cabin. I think I even remarked on this board about how great they were (at the time). The tirerack comments mirrored my enthusiasm and as people got more miles the tires quickly fell to the bottom of the heap.

We switched out my wifes tires with a set of Bridgestone Potenza G009.

http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tires.jsp?...G+009&x=18&y=13

So far (10k miles) they are great and absorb the road noise and vibration. The car is literally like night and day with the new tires.

 

[2002 Maxima SE]

Originally Posted By: dkryan
2002 Maxima SE: if someone told me a particular tire was "similar in performance to the Goodyear (bad year) RSA, I'd eliminate that tire from the list. The OEM RSAs on my '01 I30 sucked, at best. Strangely enough, I have kart racer's "horrible" Turanza LS-Hs on my I30 and they've been great over the past 40k, including wet traction and handling. How the new Turanza Serenity has changed (for the better or worse) I can't say.

Brdigestone has a new tire out that might interest you. Check this forum for the thread that discusses the tire. It's not the G-009, but something along the lines of the G-019 or some such model.


Thanks. My wife has the G009 and so far we love them. Unfortunately, neither the G009 nor the G019 come in my size (225/50/17).

 

[wantin150]

Look at a 235-45-17 of it's available in that model. Wouldn't see a problem with it as long as you have atleast a 7.5 in rim.

 

[parimento1]

from my experience with Goodyear, they are garbage. I swear by Continental and Dunlop though, they are great tires and wear extremely well. Pirelli are excellent too, but wear quickly

 

[Saturn_Fan]

Not good to hear about your bad experiences with Goodyear. I have the Goodyear Assurance Comfort Treds rated at 85,000 miles. Hoping to have better luck than you have had with GY.

 

[wantin150]

Originally Posted By: parimento1
from my experience with Goodyear, they are garbage. I swear by Continental and Dunlop though, they are great tires and wear extremely well. Pirelli are excellent too, but wear quickly


What specific Goodyear tires? Vehicle application? Not dogging you, just curious. I don't think I have ever run anything besides Goodyear (OEM not included) and have never had an issue. I trusted my life to Goodyear tires (RSA even) when I was in law enforcement and they never let me down. I ran one set of Dunlops on my truck but sold it before I got a chance to really develop an opinion.

 

[moribundman]

Originally Posted By: wantin150
I trusted my life to Goodyear tires (RSA even) when I was in law enforcement and they never let me down.


My A4 came with GY RS-A AS tires (205/55-16) , and while I found them to be "okay" for AS tires, I replaced them after 10k miles or so simply because they didn't live up to my expectations. Low points of the RSA were road holding on dry and wet road, and soft sidewalls. I have to add that I simply prefer summer and winter tires in their respective application over the compromise that AS tires offer.

 

[mrsilv04]

Originally Posted By: parimento1
from my experience with Goodyear, they are garbage. I swear by Continental and Dunlop though, they are great tires and wear extremely well.


Too bad that Dunlop is owned by GOODYEAR...

 

[WishIhadatruck]

Goodyear makes a wide range of tires. Typically the OEM tires they make are a compromise that includes low rolling resistance and all season traction that sacrifices performance. This is true of almost all OEM tires from all mfgs. Goodyear also makes cheaper tires and really good tires. Sometimes they offer what I want in the size I want and I'm very satisfied. Other times my priorities are different and I end up buying from other makes. I've had good and bad tires from several companies including Goodyear, Michelin, Bridgestone, Yokohama, etc.