Volkswagen Golf Plus (2005 - ) - Road noise - Golf Plus

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Mon 17 Dec 2007 12:15
Road noise - Golf Plus - golfplus
I have a VW Golf Plus 1.9 TD Sport, two years old, 40k miles.

It is very comfortable but the road noise is dreadful and very tiring on a long journey.

I previously drove a Mk 4 Golf TDI GT, which also had sports suspension and fat tyres, like this one, but that was much quieter.

The present tyres are Continental - any suggestions as to the choice of replacement tyre, meeting the objectives of grip, wear and quiet?
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Mon 17 Dec 2007 12:38
Road noise - Golf Plus - a900ss
What size tyres do you have?

My car has 235/45 18's and originally came on Conti Sport Contact 2's. I found them quite noisy and recently changed to Mich Premecy HP's (same size of course) and I think they are quieter.

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Mon 17 Dec 2007 13:13
Road noise - Golf Plus - golfplus
Sorry - I should have posted the tyre size, which is 205/55/16 91 V
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Mon 17 Dec 2007 13:25
Road noise - Golf Plus - Altea Ego
Wonder what Avants Mk 5 Estate is like? I am forming the opinion that the stretched Golf Mk5 chasis does let in a bit of tyre rumble at the back
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Mon 17 Dec 2007 13:51
Road noise - Golf Plus - a900ss
Is it easy to lift any of the carpeting at the back over the wheel arches? In my S-Max there is a cavity in the inside wheel arches that I filled with a sound deadening material.
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Mon 17 Dec 2007 20:31
Road noise - Golf Plus - Avant
Not really a problem with the Mark 5 estate - you can hear a bit of road noise but no worse than any other car I've had. The whole car is very quiet at 70-80 mph in 6th gear. It came with Michelin Energy tyres (205/55 R16): possibly as suggested above these may be quieter than others.
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