Has anyone installed Michelin Premier A/S (H rated) tires on their 2014 Mazda i Touring or Grand Touring?
Premier AS is supposed to be the successor to MXV4 and Michellin's own web site gave it a rating of 10 in comfort rating just like MXV4.
Well. Today I had Michelin Premier AS (H rated) installed on my 2014 i Touring for about $700 including labor.
Afterward I drove around west LA for 40 minutes to see what improvement noise-wise I got out of Premier AS tires.
Here are what I found:
- On super smooth asphalt pavements:
Very little noise from tires. Almost all engine and wind noise only.
- On typical asphalt pavements with imperfection:
Almost same level of tire noise as stock Yokohama Avid S34. May be 1 or 2 decibel less?
That's like pressing the minus volume button once on a TV remote. Hardly an solid improvement.:sad 1:
- On concrete pavements:
Basically the same noise level as stock Yokohama Avid S34.
Driving on the concrete paved 105 freeway near LAX, I get the same loud tire roaring noise as stock tires. :argh 1:
Conclusion:
If you live in areas such LA where 99% of streets are non-smooth asphalt or concrete pavements, don't bother with Michelin Premier AS. :no:
I have a friend brought over a sound measuring device and I found the interior noise of my car with all windows closed varies between 71 to 85 decibel while driving around town. We made sure we did not talk or make any artificial sound to affect the measurement.
The decibel measurements are way higher than what are listed Auto Decibel Database.
Anyway. This summarizes my $700 new tire experiment.
Perhaps I should have chose Pirelli Cinturado P7 tires which some drivers here have actually confirmed their noise reduction attribute.
Premier AS is supposed to be the successor to MXV4 and Michellin's own web site gave it a rating of 10 in comfort rating just like MXV4.
Well. Today I had Michelin Premier AS (H rated) installed on my 2014 i Touring for about $700 including labor.
Afterward I drove around west LA for 40 minutes to see what improvement noise-wise I got out of Premier AS tires.
Here are what I found:
- On super smooth asphalt pavements:
Very little noise from tires. Almost all engine and wind noise only.
- On typical asphalt pavements with imperfection:
Almost same level of tire noise as stock Yokohama Avid S34. May be 1 or 2 decibel less?
That's like pressing the minus volume button once on a TV remote. Hardly an solid improvement.:sad 1:
- On concrete pavements:
Basically the same noise level as stock Yokohama Avid S34.
Driving on the concrete paved 105 freeway near LAX, I get the same loud tire roaring noise as stock tires. :argh 1:
Conclusion:
If you live in areas such LA where 99% of streets are non-smooth asphalt or concrete pavements, don't bother with Michelin Premier AS. :no:
I have a friend brought over a sound measuring device and I found the interior noise of my car with all windows closed varies between 71 to 85 decibel while driving around town. We made sure we did not talk or make any artificial sound to affect the measurement.
The decibel measurements are way higher than what are listed Auto Decibel Database.
Anyway. This summarizes my $700 new tire experiment.
Perhaps I should have chose Pirelli Cinturado P7 tires which some drivers here have actually confirmed their noise reduction attribute.