Yup!
That is exactly what we experienced with those Assurance Triple-Treds after they were moderately-worn!
Kumho Solus KL21 on the rear - sounds like a friggin train is following you.
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Noisiest ever was a set of crap Nittos (donāt remember the model now, itās been a couple of decades at least) that came on a CRX I bought used. Terrible traction, too, and they only had about 3k on them when I bought it. If youāre spinning the tires in second gear in a sub-100hp car, something aināt right! Replaced them with Yoko ES100s and the difference was night and day.
Iāve got Bridgestones on my Acura right now because they were deeply discounted and therefore much cheaper than the Michelins I usually put on it. Iāll be going back to Michelin next time. These arenāt bad but they are noisier than they ought to be, and the ride isnāt as good.
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@kurtwm2010 Do you ever rotate the tires? Does that make the noise better for a while? Or does it just continue? Just curious.
tried rotating, but nothing makes a difference. I even under and over inflated just to see if there is a difference. Nope. Just a bad design, I guess.
Agree. Sounds like they are just noisy tiresā¦ pun intended!
I resemble that remark. I have had a couple sets of OEM tires where I felt like celebrating when they didnāt last 20,000 miles. I could have filed a warranty claim and got a few dollars off on replacements but in no way wanted replacements! Noisiest? 195/65/15 Bridgestones and 215/45/17 Goodyear Eagles both OEM.
I like most others here have had good, bad, or indifferent tires. Probably my best overall tires were 1980 Dunhill (Korean) 205/60/14 Steel belted radials. They were mounted in 1980 on a 1971 Ford Mustang coupe 250 cu in I6 A/T that I purchased as a cheap 112 miles round trip commuter car. They were less than $40 (possibly less than that) each mounted and balanced from Superior Tire Service. I chose them because they were reasonably priced and had a good tread pattern. They ended up being the best rain tires I have ever had. After 70,000 miles (75% highway) they were still serviceable with no excessive noise. Sometimes you win!
That must be why you canāt get Dunhill tires anymoreā¦ they just lasted to darn long and were too darn good. Nobody need to buy replacements. 
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ā¦but luckily, you can still find Dunhill Menās Cologne!
I particularly recommend their 51.3N scent.
Whatās that?
Those are different Dunhill companies?
Who woulda thunk?
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Very counterproductive for corporate profits.
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Back in 1951, my Dad had a 1949 Dodge that was due for tires. Apparently, the 7.10 x 15 tires, a popular size, were in short supply due to the Korean conflict. The service station where he traded couldnāt get the Goodyear that they handled. My dad was finally able to get two 7.10x 15 at Western Auto in its Davis Deluxe house brand. A couple of weeks later, his service station was able to locate two Goodyear 7.10 x 15 tires. The Western Auto tires outlasted the Goodyear and ran more quietly to boot. I have always felt that buying tires is a crap shoot. I read the Consumer Reports ratings but I had good luck with Duralon tires and Armstrong tires that CR never tested.
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@VDCdriver Iāll second those comments about the Triple-Treds. I bought them for most of the same reasons, and had reasonably good traction for all-seasons, but the noise was disappointing from Day 1. And they only got louder after that. Iām probably going to live with them for another year or so then swap them out for Defenders.
@db4690 You may have the older version of the Triple-Treds. My understanding is that Goodyear redesigned them a few years back and they got noiser then.
Mine have a 2009 date stamp, FWIW. And theyāve never been noisey. Theyāre wearing perfectly and have decent tread left, but the elements have taken their toll
yes . . . I know itās time to replace them, and Iāll have them done when Michelins are again $70 off at Costco, which will hopefully be soon
Costco has had $70 off Bridgestone for several weeks now, and will until the last week of August. Iām hoping Michelin is next, because apparently they only stock Michelin, Bridgestone and BF Goodrich.
Iām leaning towards Michelin Premiere
I could install them myself at work, but for a few reasons
My lunch break is only 1/2 hour
Somebody may see me mounting brand new tires and installing them on my personal car and think to themselves āNow I have the proof. I just caught this guy in the act. Iām sure he stole those tires from the warehouse.ā
And maybe heāll tell his supervisor that Iām up to no good
Never mind the fact we donāt even stock my exact size in our warehouse
Even though Iām sure I could present a receipt and āclearā myself no problem, Iād rather not have to face that rather remote and hypothetical situation
The noisiest tires Iāve ever owned?
Coopers. In 215-45/17 size, āVā rated if I remember correctly.
My wifeās car came with Continentals (I donāt remember the model) and they were crappy noisy tires. They lasted 40,000 miles and I replaced them with Goodyear Assurance Comfortred. My wife asked me why I didnāt put those tires on sooner because they rode so well.
Iāve never driven on a Cooper tire that I was happy with.
Back in the 1980ās grandpa bought a Buick that had General tires. They made the car sound like a lawnmower.
Contis werenāt the noisiest tires Iāve ever bought, but they were the worstā¦ by a longshot. They rode terribly and vibrated no matter what was tried. I wouldnāt put a Conti on my car if you paid me to. Well, perhaps if you paid me A LOT!! 
I donāt think any passenger tires were noisier than the snow tires we uses back in the 1950s and 1960s. When we replaced the tires on our 2003 4Runner, our independent tire dealer has both Cooper and Michelin in the correct size. The Cooper were less expensive by a couple hundred dollars for a set of 4, but he said that the Michelin were quieter. Mrs. Triedaq was with me and that is all she needed to hear. We bought the Michelin tires. I have never been bothered by a little tire noise, but my wife is much more sensitive.
Speaking of Continental tires . . .
When I was working at the Benz dealership, the common C and E class cars . . . Iām not talking AMG models, BTW . . . usually came from the factory with Continental or Michelin
Anyways, a customer reached a deal on a car, but he said something to the effect of āIām only taking it with Michelins, or the dealās offā . . . he got it in writing
Well, turns out we had to rack 2 otherwise identical new cars and swap some tires and rims, so that the deal went through. Of course, the mechanics doing the switcheroo got shafted. They were promised to get paid āon the shopā . . . but of course it never happened. That shop screwed over so many mechanics, no wonder the turnover rate was high. Iām pretty sure I wasnāt one of the ones switching rims and tires, but I know for a fact that nobody got paid, in spite of a promise of getting paid
Iād say the customer was smart enough to realize that Michelin was by far the better choice. I think they were using MXV4 plus, back then
the Bridgestone Turanza EL400 tires on my wifeās Mazda 3 (OEM tires), worst ever, we canāt hear the radio at highway speeds, unless the volume is blastingā¦