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- From: rdi@cci632.cci.com (Rick Inzero)
- Subject: Re: I want Quiet tires
- Message-ID: <1992Sep1.130054.18800@cci632.cci.com>
- Followup-To: rec.autos.tech
- Summary: go with old technology for peace & quiet
- Keywords: tires
- Reply-To: rdi@ccird3.UUCP (Rick Inzero)
- Organization: CCI, Communications Systems Division, Rochester, NY
- References: <1992Aug27.194106.4050@cbnewsm.cb.att.com>
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- Date: Tue, 1 Sep 1992 13:00:54 GMT
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- In article <1992Aug27.194106.4050@cbnewsm.cb.att.com> pkss@cbnewsm.cb.att.com (philip.k.sikora) writes:
- >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.
- >
- >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.
-
- Tires that AREN'T all-season tires will be quieter.
- Tires that are bias ply summer tires will be quietest of all!
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- Rick Inzero, President of the "Put The High Beam Switch Back On The Damn
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