Car is 4 years old and had these tyres all round when I bought it. The fronts were at 3mm the rears at 7mm.

Replaced the fronts (big nail in tyre forced change!) with the same.

Is it me or are they incredibly noisy?

Cars had an alignment so theres nothing odd there..

I have Bridgestones as well from new. Don’t find my car noisy but I do have the extra think front windows and driven less than 600km. I was looking at replacing with some run-flats at some point for extra protection when driving to Spain where they stab your tyres. Anyone have a good run-flat recommendation or experience?

Previous car was a BMW with runflats.

Falken do a range of decent tyres but as i understand if your suspension isn’t setup for runflats it’ll be horrible, and the ride (in the BM) was never excellent on UK roads… it was quite “tough”

1 hour ago, Steveh3 said:

when driving to Spain where they stab your tyres.

Do they?

3 hours ago, MartynS said:

Is it me or are they incredibly noisy?

Not the quietest tyres in my experience, though much quieter than stock Goodyears. But Octavia in general isn't great for tyre noise whatever tyres you install. I prefer a bit more noise but excellent performance, rather than chasing that 1dB to cut and getting some crap result overall.

2 hours ago, Steveh3 said:

replacing with some run-flats

Are your wheels even suitable for run flat tyres?

The code can be on the back or the wheel. ( EH2 )

Thanks. AG Falco

Bridgestone Turanza's are well known for being noisy, Google it and you'll find plenty of complaints on this note.

Surely no matter the question, Michelin pilot Sport 5 is probably the answer.

8 hours ago, whippersnapper said:

Michelin pilot Sport 5 is probably the answer.

I had a Mk2 FL vRS from new that was supplied with Continental SportContact 2 tyres. They had good performance, and I kept with the brand for several tyre changes. I never really noticed that they were noisy. Then as a result of needing all 4 tyres changed I got a deal from CostCo and they didn't have those tyres. So I went with the Michelin Pilot Sport 5. The difference in noise was night and day, they were so quiet in comparison to the Continentals.

On my Mk4 I've got Goodyear Eagle F1's and I've been happy with those so far.

I've got the same, and yes, they are bloody noisy!

Also, they seem to offer little to no grip :/ The number of wheelspins I have experienced is insane! (and not from me slamming my foot down)

17 hours ago, AGFalco said:

Are your wheels even suitable for run flat tyres?

The code can be on the back or the wheel. ( EH2 )

Thanks. AG Falco

I didn’t know that. I will have a look but the wheels are 18in standard black in France.

I know SEAT used Bridgestone for the development of the various Leon models. Depending on the mood of the factory, MQB models seem to come with Bridgestone or Hankook.

I'm not a fan of Bridgestone. The only tyre I'd choose them over is Pirelli. I'm a big fan of Continental and Michelin - I've run Pilot Sport 5/4 on my recent cars.

I've currently got about 5/6mm left on the fronts of my vRS after 8,000 miles of very mixed driving. That's pretty damn good for a UPH summer tyre.

FWIW, PS5 offers the same grip as PS4, but being a firmer compound wears far better. PS4S/PSS5 are totally overkill for anything VAG that isn't a tuned RS6. So many people put PS4S on their Cupra or whatever - the tyre comes stock on a 296 GTB!

17 hours ago, Edela said:

Do they?

Not the quietest tyres in my experience, though much quieter than stock Goodyears. But Octavia in general isn't great for tyre noise whatever tyres you install. I prefer a bit more noise but excellent performance, rather than chasing that 1dB to cut and getting some crap result overall.

Yes there have been several cases of roads scams on the road between Barcelona and Girona up to the French border.

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56 minutes ago, jpg86 said:

Also, they seem to offer little to no grip :/ The number of wheelspins I have experienced is insane! (and not from me slamming my foot down)

That's the fault of poor traction control these cars have. I had wheel spins on both Turanza and Eagle (though more on Eagle) before I got used to start the way to avoid it. Had FL rental last year and the same issue was there, though don't remember what tyres it had.
Apart of that, as someone who likes to go 170 in heavy rainfall, I would choose Bridgestones over pretty much anything else I had a chance to try, both Turanza and Blizzak.

Edited 22 May, 20251 yr by Edela

On 21/05/2025 at 19:48, MartynS said:

Falken do a range of decent tyres

I had Falken Ziex ZE310 Ecorun on my mk2 and they were pretty good with a 67db noise rating with a 'C' for economy and an 'A' for wet weather performance ..........

I was well chuffed with them and very reasonably priced at the time iirc...

This was on an estate 1.9pd though and only on 16", Lol.

They were good and reasonably quiet though.

I doubt they will come in the sizes anyone commenting on here wants.

Lowest noise I can get in my size is 72db I think.

If my tyres were just slightly bigger I could look at tyres with proper noise cancelling properties.

https://www.goodyear.eu/en_gb/consumer/why-goodyear/soundcomfort-technology.html#:~:text=The%20rolling%20noise%20of%20the,big%20difference%20in%20noise%20levels.

6 hours ago, Steveh3 said:

I didn’t know that. I will have a look but the wheels are 18in standard black in France.

The answer will be NO.

Thanks. AG Falco

https://www.blackcircles.ca/en/buying-guide/all-season-summer-tires/quiet-tires#:~:text=1.,reducing%20uneven%20wear%20and%20vibrations.

Traction Control TC/ ASR is not required when there us Grip / Friction / Traction and not crap ECO Bias WLTP result getting crap tyres fitted.

Actually with XDS / XDS+ it is pretty crap, but when you are in ice / snow amd looking to get moving you might well put TC off.