The Falken Azenis ST115 is one of the quitest but is a summer tire that wears quicker than its rating.
Need Quiet Tires
- Thread starter Gary Punt
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I just put a set of Goodyear Assurance TripleTred tires on my wife's 2000 Acura 3.2TL. They are quite a bit quieter and smoother than the Michelins that came on the car and handle better too.
They were $125 each at Americas tire.
I would have used Kumho's for quite a bit le$$, but they don;t make the right size for that car and I didn't want to go to their suggested alternative size because it was a quite bit smaller diameter.
They were $125 each at Americas tire.
I would have used Kumho's for quite a bit le$$, but they don;t make the right size for that car and I didn't want to go to their suggested alternative size because it was a quite bit smaller diameter.
Had the Yoko Avid Touring on mom's 2000 Lesabre now for 30K. They have held up well and are quiet. I recommend them.
I agree, TL's use an odd size tire. Kumho makes a 205/60/16 that's H rated (which is fine if you don't speed). They also have 205/55/16 or 215/55/16 which I might try next time, but I wonder what the trade off will be in terms of ride quality.
My Turanza's were $128 at NTB, but they had to be ordered. Worst part about them was the noise. After getting used to the quiet michelins, the similarly prices turanzas were a shock.
Might try the goodyears too.
I'll add my own thumbs-up for Yokohama Avid Touring. They are my favorite non-performance tires. Very good combination of comfort, quietness, long life and all-season traction. And they are very cheap.
Time to get serious on a couple of 205-55-16's for my Cavalier. Want decent traction, ride and noise, as good or better than the Goodyear Eagle RSA's that came on it. Won't be needing a tire capable of more than a sustained 80. Don't plan on spending a fortune either. Checked locally, Kelly Navigator Gold-$90 ea., and Sumic-$85, made in Indonesia. Spent the last half hour at http://www.tirerack.com/ What a piece of trash. Half the links I clicked on took me back to the start. The reviews were worthless. What does how some 70 series tires worked on a Buick tell me?
I had Yokohama Tourings on a Beretta and they were very quiet.
Gary i'm curious as to what kind of Duralon tires you had?
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