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Loud roaring road noise 2008-S80

Everything on the Volvo S80. Sometimes called an "executive car", the S80 was Volvo's top-of-the-line passenger car. P2 platform.
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glory49
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Year and Model: S80 -2008
Location: South Carolina

Loud roaring road noise 2008-S80

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2008 - S80. I am experiencing loud road noise. Is this normal with Volvo? Roaring road noise....

jblackburn
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What kind of tires have you got on it? Michelin's are some of the noisiest tires I have ever heard...I traded cars with my sister for 2 weeks to move some stuff, and while otherwise a decent car, the road noise from her Escape's tires is almost ridiculous at highway speeds.
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Glencoeteen
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Year and Model: 00 V70R
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Post by Glencoeteen »

Agreed! My V70 when i first got it has a Set of Michelin's and it was horrid. I put a Set of Bridgestone Potenza G 009 performance tires and they have Proved to be simply an amazing tire! extremely quiet, long rated tread life, and i personally like the all season tread layout!


jablackburn wrote:What kind of tires have you got on it? Michelin's are some of the noisiest tires I have ever heard...I traded cars with my sister for 2 weeks to move some stuff, and while otherwise a decent car, the road noise from her Escape's tires is almost ridiculous at highway speeds.
98 V70XC~ Sold
98 S70 T5 ~ Stolen ;(
08 Xc90 V8 ~ Totaled
98 Expedition EB weekend warrior
98 S70 T5~ New project!

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