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- From: thy@riviera.camb.inmet.com (Tom Yelton)
- Newsgroups: rec.autos.tech
- Subject: I want Quiet tires
- Keywords: tires
- Message-ID: <1992Aug27.141433.26733@inmet.camb.inmet.com>
- Date: 27 Aug 92 14:14:33 GMT
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- Organization: Intermetrics Inc.
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- I have a 1988 Mercury Tracer with Goodyear Corsa GT tires (185/70SR13 ?).
- I have no major complaints about the tires (they handled well, wore well)
- except that they seem to be rather noisy. The back tires are extremely
- noisy now, due to uneven wear and 63+K miles, but it seems to me that
- the tires always were noisy at highway speeds even when they were new.
- I'd guess it is because of the sporty looking (to me) tread design.
-
- It's time to replace the rear tires and I'd like to buy some quieter
- tires for the second half of the car's lifetime. I don't especially
- want to sacrifice handling, long life, and bad weather performance but
- I will consider compromises.
-
- Are tires rated on their quietness? How could I access these ratings
- if they exist? Does anyone have any recommendations of specific
- make/models of tires to replace these Corsa GTs?
-
- Thanks in advance. - tom
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- Tom Yelton thy@inmet.camb.inmet.com
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