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- From: pkss@cbnewsm.cb.att.com (philip.k.sikora)
- Newsgroups: rec.autos.tech
- Subject: Re: I want Quiet tires
- Keywords: tires
- Message-ID: <1992Aug27.194106.4050@cbnewsm.cb.att.com>
- Date: 27 Aug 92 19:41:06 GMT
- Organization: AT&T
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- In article <1992Aug27.141433.26733@inmet.camb.inmet.com>, thy@riviera.camb.inmet.com (Tom Yelton) writes:
- > 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?
- >
- > Tom Yelton thy@inmet.camb.inmet.com
-
- Look for ones manufactured after '85 - when they started using CAD pgms for
- modeling. I spoke w/ a noise test engineer at Cooper Tires. Try their Lifeliner
- Classic or some such name. I've found no reports that address this. I have
- experienced your tires, but they're not as bad as my Bridgestone 470's. You'd
- think some car or consumer mag would lend a hand here.
-