Noisy Continental Tyres?

[Ian1965]

Originally Posted by nu11eaf

Oh I wish this had not cropped up again but I will try to remain calm, take a deep breath ahhh.

It is in my mind the worse thing about the new cars at least it is on my XC90, changing to Conti-silent tyres was no better than the original tyres, they are inherentley noisier than the old cars.
I have had my say now and will stay calm and take one of my pills and lay down in a dark room listening to the sound of whales.

Sorry to nu11eaf for opening an old wound...😯

[dling]

Originally Posted by 60041

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My previous XC90 performed very well with Nokian WR2’s on it, but I always thought that there was a little road noise from them.

I just replaced the summer latitude with the winter WR2 (same size, 20) and I can confirm the noise is clearly noticeable. After one month you get used to it though.... I couldn’t say it really bothers me anymore

[James77]

I have a MY19 XC60 T5 so very smooth and quiet in the cabin compared to a Diesel lump I have Michelin Latitude Sport 3 tyres I believe they are acoustic tyres and they are incredibly quiet on motorways all you hear is the wind noise rushing by.

I have Nokian Winter SUV 3 tyres on my other set of rims they are noisier then the Michelins particularly at low speed but I suspect that is to do with the tread pattern and I can put up with that. Still not loud enough for any cause for concern. Looking forward to getting them on snow.

[simonjedrake]

Originally Posted by James77

I have a MY19 XC60 T5 so very smooth and quiet in the cabin compared to a Diesel lump I have Michelin Latitude Sport 3 tyres I believe they are acoustic tyres and they are incredibly quiet on motorways all you hear is the wind noise rushing by.

I have Nokian Winter SUV 3 tyres on my other set of rims they are noisier then the Michelins particularly at low speed but I suspect that is to do with the tread pattern and I can put up with that. Still not loud enough for any cause for concern. Looking forward to getting them on snow.

Identical set of summer/winter wheels set and confirm same experiences when switched to winters last week.

[Lozzingers]

I've got a 66 plate XC90 (with extra window lamination) and have now got all 4 tyres with the Cross Climates - which for me have been brilliant - snow/rain/sun etc and have done a summer so far and ~ 15,000 miles and down to 5mm tread.
The only issue is on the concrete section of the M25 between the A3 and M23 roughly. I think it's the snow tread but it seems to resonate quite badly at between 65-75mph which is obviously a rather bad speed to hit resonance! Slower is fine, so it's definitely some frequency of tread pattern/tyre size/speed that works against me. If I was doing that journey everyday I'd probably have to change tyre - we do it a few times a year so no major issue. An XC60 tyre circumference may be different so may not be an issue - just worth bearing in mind!
Happy tyre noise reduction hunting!
Laurence

[Berkshirebob]

Originally Posted by Lozzingers

The only issue is on the concrete section of the M25 between the A3 and M23 roughly. I think it's the snow tread but it seems to resonate quite badly at between 65-75mph which is obviously a rather bad speed to hit resonance! Slower is fine, so it's definitely some frequency of tread pattern/tyre size/speed that works against me. If I was doing that journey everyday I'd probably have to change tyre - we do it a few times a year so no major issue.
Laurence

That section is deafening in my V90 with OEM PZero’s. The only other car that was as noisy on that section in the last 10+ years was an old Astra van.

[Giles1234]

I have just changed from the oem p-zeros to Continental all-season and noise levels are exactly the same, that is very low - unless driving on the m25 from Chertsey to Leatherhead (j11 to 9). That section of road is literally the worst for noise...it’s like the engineers hated the local villages.