Due to an ear injury years ago, I have a slight case of "hyperacusis" which is an increased sensitivity to loud noises. As such, things like road noise affect me more than most.

I'm currently looking for new tires and my priorities are as follows:

1. Great dry performance (I leave the car in the garage if it's wet)
2. As quiet as possible
3. Comfort

Based on this, what max performance tires would you all recommend?

Thanks

 

I have Dunlops on my car (SP 9000 or something like that), they are rated as 'Comfort', not 'sport' by porsche. I really don't notice excessive road noise even with the top down. Dry performance is great...the contis and pirellis are rated as 'Sport' which prob means stiffer sidewall, and a bit more noise...

 

Michelin Pilot Sports, the P zero is not a quiet tire, I know because I have them on the Turbo and had them on the C4, the GT2 has the Pilots and they are a great tire.

 

I've used 3 tire brands in the last 7 years on 3 cars.
Pirelli, Michelin and Continental.

Ratings from Tire Rack concur with my findings.
Michelin dry rating 9.1
noise 7.5
comfort 7.8
Continental dry 8.6
noise 7.4
comfort 7.8
Pirelli dry 8.9
noise 6.4
comfort 6.8

I have the new Michelin Pilot Sport PS2 on my C4S and love them.
Ciao

 

PZero Asimetricos are noisy on textured surfaces like concrete. The grip seems excellent wet or dry. Yokohama's have rayon sidewalls so they should be quieter. However they are heavier and don't grip as well in the dry. I wonder if Rosso's are quieter than Asimetricos?
You have to be careful with the Tire Rack ratings. People who are upgrading cars with very good OEM tires will rate tires lower then people upgrading lower performance tires. People upgrading from conservative tires will be less tolerant of rapid tread wear.

 

Bridgestone S03 PolePostion, hands down.

 

I like the Continental ContiSport2 tire. I feel like its the quieter of the three between the Michelin, Pirelli, and Continental tires that were previously mentioned.