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Old 10-05-2004 | 12:45 PM
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Originally Posted by Rudy' date='Oct 5 2004, 02:44 PM
[quote name='tab545' date='Oct 5 2004, 03:06 PM']I know the runflats will always be harsher, but I put a lot of value on the insurance against having to change a tire, or my wife having to do so, on a dark highway in the snow.
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I somehow think that the runflats aren't going to be very good in the snow. Do they make runflat snow tires?
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They better. I just bought a pair of Dunlop Winter Sport M3s that are supposed to be runflat. I haven't seen them yet, but there should be a DSST logo on them.
Old 10-05-2004 | 12:47 PM
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The dunlop wintersports M3 are available with dsst (I got them). Haven't tried them yet in real life but we'll see this winter..

Second.. I also discovered the noise is very depending on the type of tarmac. In the city of Delft they have one street with whispertarmac to reduce noise for the people who live near the road.. My car is sooooo quiet when I drive on that road, it's 50% less noisy.
The open tarmac specially designed to get water of the road quickly (called ZOAB tarmac over here) is very noisy with my car due to the open structure of the tarmac.
Old 10-05-2004 | 01:39 PM
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We've got one type of Tarmac over here 530E60NL, it's called crap.
Old 10-05-2004 | 01:39 PM
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I, too, noticed that the type of road affects the amount of noise. I'm not sure that's any different than any tire -- it's just more noticeable with these tires...
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I agree with you about this.. The runflats only reflect the sound twice as hard as normal..
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Originally Posted by Rudy' date='Oct 5 2004, 04:39 PM
I, too, noticed that the type of road affects the amount of noise.? I'm not sure that's any different than any tire -- it's just more noticeable with these tires...
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The rougher the texture of the road surface, the more noise. Hence, the use of rumble strips to alert drowsy drivers at some high risk intersections. When Andy545 was driving my car we noticed the difference in the sound of the tires with the change in road surface.
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Originally Posted by JDN' date='Oct 5 2004, 02:27 PM
The rougher the texture of the road surface, the more noise. Hence, the use of rumble strips to alert drowsy drivers at some high risk intersections.? When Andy545 was driving my car we noticed the difference in the sound of the tires with the change in road surface.
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the rougher the road surface, the more noise. i think it's normal. i don't have runflats but experience this everyday. hawaii is one of the states that has the worst road surfaces . so many constructions going on now !
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