Have a 2006 A3. After 10-12,000 miles the lousy original tires (Bridgestone?) were cuping and super noisy.

I went to Michelin Pilot Spot PE2s which were much, much quieter and handling was great with them.

They do cost ~$180 each, so for the past couple of years I moved to Sumitomo HTR PO1s which are $116 each (225/45R17). They are even quieter and handling is fine. Seem to last just as long as the Michelins.

Just FYI

Jim

 

I just put a set of Yokohama AVID ENVigors on my wife's GTI and they are so-so much quieter than the Pirelli tires the car cam with. That and they're less than $120 per tire makes them highly recommended from my perspective.

 

The Sumitomo would be a nice choice. There are some very nice tires that will work well on your A3. The Bridgestone Potenza RE970AS Pole Position is a great tire, another suggestion would be the Continental Extreme Contact DWS. I would also suggest the General G-Max AS-03.

If you have any other questions feel free to shoot me a PM and I will be happy to help!

 

Hankooks ventus V12 evo , Conti' procontact , Kumo solus are very quite all season tires. I have Pirelli Pzero all seasons and there pretty quite.

 

I replaced the OEM Pirelli PZeros on our GTI with Yokohama AVID ENVigors; not only are the Yokos are they considerably quieter than the Pirellis, they cost less and have a significantly higher TreadWear indicator (560 vs. 400).

 

I dont worry about tread wear as much as wet track performance (specifically) and overall performance. Pirelli, Conti , and Hankook have models with some of the best scores in both catagories.

 

I value quiet above all else.

I used the tires in the below post, and love them -- note -- since then I have put 70K miles on these tires and they are just now beginning to need replacing.

VWVortex.com - Quieter tires for the A3: Michelin Primacy MXV4