dennis r.

I know always when you buy something with a certain advantage(tyre quietness) that you inherir a disadvantage. I intend to minitor the tread depth and report back to this post. Buy the way I am running these at 36 lb sq inch tyre pressure otherwise i ma told by the tyre dealer the edges will deteriorate. dennisr

I purchased an Aurion ATX with standard steel rims 215/60/r16 which had travelled 27,000 kms. It had the original tyres and recently at 54,000 i needed to get new tyres. The old tyres which were Dunlop Sports fitted by Toyota were always very noisy. I live in Newcastle frequently drive to Port Macquarie and Southern Sydney so most my driving is on the expressway at 110 kph. Often I drive over bridges with varying road materials and the noises from the tyres becomes annoying with different batches of concrete. I researched a better tyre and fitted Michelin Primacy LC. Immediately these are so quite in comparison with the Dunlop Sports. Even course bitumen that most of our local councils provide are much quiter. The grip in the wet is also excellent. I purchased these From Tyre Plus at Kirrawee at $148 each(quoted $180 in Newcastle). I can honestly say these are the quietest tyres I have ever driven on.

My Aurion started this knocking noise at 42.000 kilometres, it was mainly when parking or when starting to move from stop. It felt like the there was a lot of free play in the steering. It took Toyota about 4 weeks to aquire the Interemdiate shaft and two hours to fit it. I cant notice any difference in the steering sensitivity but the noise is gone.I was assured by Toyota that the car was safe while waiting for the part to arrive.