Sentences with phrase «tyre roar»

Noise was not an issue on 20 - inch Hankooks, but Continentals are also standard on the RS 5 and on past history they have struggled to contain tyres roar on coarse Aussie roads.

Although wind noise is well contained and the engine is subdued, there's a lot of tyre roar over coarse road surfaces.

The 20 - inch alloys thump a little over road studs, but the Aston isn't immune from that, either, while there's marginally more tyre roar in the Porsche.

All X5 models are relatively hushed in regular use, the interiors well insulated against tyre roar with just a touch of wind noise noticeable above 100km / h, and the commanding driving position ensures good visibility for lane changes, reversing, parking, and so forth.

Apart from very noticeable tyre roar on the kind of concrete surface that's so common on the M25, there's very little to offend your ears.

That could be partly to do with the obvious wind whistle and tyre roar in the cabin, especially at motorway speeds.

On the move, the Octavia is as comfortable as you'd hope, with supple suspension and annoying tyre roar and wind noise kept to a minimum, even at motorway speeds.

It rides well, it's agile and fun to drive — subjectively, I doubt you'd have more fun in a Golf GTI — and its surprisingly refined, with very little tyre roar or engine drone making its way into the cabin at a cruise.

There is also tyre roar from the front end and wind noise around those large A-pillars at motorway speeds.

At least it calms down at a cruise, fading to a point where wind noise (from the side mirrors) and tyre roar easily drown it out.

Travelling on highways, the Forester remained stable, while the NVH improvements kept wind noise and tyre roar at bay.

If you spec the larger 19 or 20 - inch wheels you might find tyre roar is an issue, but with the optional adaptive dampers the Cayman remains unflustered.

It bears a sense of occasion behind the wheel, with only tyre roar and the occasional rattle interrupting the cabin ambience.

Larger alloy wheels, particularly the 18 - inch versions, compound this problem by adding tyre roar to the relatively noisy engines on offer.

The cabin is quiet and serene at speed, gliding over coarse surfaces with minimal tyre roar and reaction to harsh bumps — even on optional 20 - inch wheels.

There's massive tyre roar, an ability to cut through wind with all the silent efficiency of a block of flats and a noisy, slow and vibey engine.

There's very little wind or engine noise, while tyre roar is only a problem on coarse surfaces.

Some muted tyre roar was audible on country bitumen, but the Levorg was otherwise very quiet — especially the engine.

There was some coarse - chip tyre roar noted on a section of country road, but no worse than other cars of similar specification.

The gesture control system doesn't respond when you give it the bird, there's considerable tyre roar on coarse - chip roads and on a kilowatt - to - cost ratio it gets slain by a few other 250kW + hot hatches, Ford Focus RS and BMW M 140i included.

In fact, with less sound - deadening material concentrated in the area around the rear bulkhead in an effort to retain the same weight as the old model, there is now more tyre roar.

At highway speeds though there is noticeable tyre roar, more so over coarse - chip surfaces.

The audibility of the engine was higher, as was tyre roar on coarse - chip bitumen, and even the gentle brushing of pads on disc rotors could be vaguely heard at very low speeds, all of which may be attributable to having a sunroof — a $ 2000 option — fitted to the 120i.

Sure there's some tyre roar — you'd hope and expect for nothing less with optional 355 - section -LRB-!)

As you'd hope, they're all refined and cosseting over a 300 - plus mile haul like this, boasting low levels of wind noise and tyre roar that are easily nullified by their wonderful sound systems.

At higher speeds, the most intrusive sounds are wind noise and tyre roar.

The only gripe here is tyre roar, and it will probably take more than just a new set of comfort - oriented tyres to solve the problem.

Despite some tyre roar on bad surfaces, the Countryman is among the more refined cars in its class, with excellent isolation from wind and engine noise.

Unsurprisingly there's some tyre roar over coarse surfaces, but wind noise is never an issue at motorway speeds and the ferocious V6 is easily tamed.

On the move, roof up, there's barely a whisper of wind noise or tyre roar; in fact there's very little tell it apart from the Coupe in that respect.

Tyres roared on country roads — an excusable vice given their grip and reasonable ride comfort.

Mazda has made the new 2 quieter overall; there's still some tyre roar on coarse - chip bitumen, although this was likely exacerbated by the wet surfaces.

Wind noise is impressively well contained, as is tyre roar — even the deeply - treaded tyres of the Trailhawk package don't transmit unacceptable noise inside.

Following Luke in the FPV, I settled the HSV GTS into «Sport», the second of its four performance modes, with the shifter set to D. There's certainly some tyre roar entering the cabin, the combination of 35 - series Continental SportContacts and 20 - inch alloys proving hard to insulate.