Quietest All Seasons for 15" wheels?

michelin energy savers if they make them.

 

Something to keep in mind, any tires tend to be quieter when brand new, then very gradually get noisier as they age and tread wears.

 

A noisy tire is often one with regular spacing between the lugs. This sets up a sonic resonance while driving. most manufacturers counter this with an irregular spacing, which has no such resonance. If it remains noisy, it's probably associated with the type material used in the tire.

 

the michelins were quiet from day one through their life. it made a huge difference on my 2012. of course, it was still a very noisy car in other ways.

 

I've never experienced that; would it mean you could be trying to get the wheel back on, only to find it's not going on, you need to rotate it and try again?

 

My first Michelins had crudely made spacing between the lugs; as if butchered over with a knife. My well-read cousin informed of their purpose.

No Mendel, its just that regular spacing between the lugs creates harmonics that make sounds. The position of the tire has nothing to do with it unless you have two or more with identical tread patterns that happen to get in the right sync.

 

I think you're misunderstanding my question. You seem to be saying an irregular spacing between lugs can be advantageous. Or am I misreading this:

If so, here's a sketch, uniform versus irregular wheel lug nut spacing:



I can't see this being viable.

 

You win
I guess?

 

Rather than winning/losing, I'm genuinely curious, is that what you meant, or something else?

 

Check out the Continental truecontact touring tire. We've found them to be considerably quieter that the Goodyears that came with the car.

 

I can't remember, to be honest. It was how Toyota sold the new car to us, whatever they were including in 2018.

 

I've been putting Michelin Defenders on both Prii owned and our 2017 RAV4 HV. Do what you will with that info.

 

I'll put in a plug for what I'm currently riding on, Falken PRO G5 Touring A/S 195/65 R15 91H SL BSW. I've been a Goodyear ComforTred adherent through most of my Prius adventure. Sadly they are not available in that size now. I tried a set of Bridgstone (Bridgestone Turanza Quiettrack 195/65 R15 91H SL BSW) on my 2021 and they were pretty well worn out and getting noisy at 40K miles. I have about 29K miles (9/32" tread) on the Falkens now and they are still very quiet and track nicely on our beat-up roads. Discount Tire ratings put them in the middle of the pack price-wise.

 

I guess if the rumble strips on the pavement weren't regularly spaced, they wouldn't make a sound.