Goodyear MTR

Will be noiser, and will affect fuel.. but both depend on 12904823094823098 vairables, car its on, what speeds, usage etc...

How much noiser, thats an individual thing. MTR's are quiet to me.

I can hear MTR's coming a mile away. At 100km's they sing a tune. Not sure what they are like in the vehicle but couldn't imagine them being quiet.

Hi Shane

It can be hard to get a good feel of this because tyre noise becomes worse normally throughout its life.

I change between 4 tyre sets on my Patrol, in order of noise they are

1pt Toyo Opat's AT 235/85/16 - lowest noise almost can't here

3pts BFG AT 265/75/16 - even nice kind of noise - not objectionable

7pts Cooper ST 255/85/16 Intrusive at low speeds, a little louder than road noise at 100km/hr

10 Pts MTR's 265/75/16 Loudest particurlarly when cornering.

MTR's averaged 18.5/lt 100k / compared to 17.5 Cooper st and approx 16.5lt 100k other two

Robin Miller

How much more noise.........about one notch of the radio volume control. They are not that bad. The ones you usually hear coming a mile off are on vehicles where the wheel align has been out and they have worm uneven or heal and toed. Keep your wheel align right and rotate tyres reguularly and you will find them more than acceptable.

Interesting debate this road noise thing...........I can't talk about MTRs but over the past couple of days I've been driving my wife's Barina and I could swear that this bloody thing ( fitted with bridgestone doughnut T thingys) has about twice the road noise as my Patrol with BFG ATs....:-)

My MTR's are no noisier than the previous 693's I had on, I'm very surprised at the lack of noise.

Fuel consumption I don't know as it's of no real concern to me but I accept that it would be more than a less aggressive tyre.

Shane, ATR - 5, MTR - 7......... Possibly 1 MPG more fuel for same size tyre but always difficult to tell as many people go to a taller / wider tyre when getting a mud pattern.
The noise increase will be different for each car depending on carpet, underlay & sound deadening paint etc. In my 100 series for example tyre noise between a standard Road Gripper & an oversized MTR is often hard to tell if the window is closed but in an old bare basic Hilux the increase would be very noticeable.
The MTR is only slightly noisier than All Terrain type patterns & pretty similar to other mud patterns, the one exception being on smooth asphalt where they do tend to howl a bit more.
The MTR is IMHO one of the best all round off-road/onroad tyres currently available.
As David mentioned correct wheel rotation & alignment will minimise unnecessary noise.
Cheers Craig.....
HZJ105.....285/75/16 MTR's (2 sets)

Shane
I run goodyear ATR's for about 65000km before changing to goodyear MTR's
Have done 10000km on MTR's I personally find them about as noisy as the ATR's with a bit of wear. I do agree MTR is noisier when cornering but the MTR is my pick over the ATR both on and off road. I didnt notice any real change in fuel economy. The goodyear ATR I found to be very slippery in the wet the MTR sticks like sh*t to a blanket. I run 265/75/16.
All in all I am very happy with the MTR just wish I had gone with them first when I had the choice. Dont let me scare you off the ATR's were good tyres and I didnt get a single flat its just that I find the MTR miles ahead for my need.
Should mention was I the same boat as your in now should I shouldn't I dont really need chunky tyres do a lot of highway stuff.
regards ross

I thank you all for your answers & I think I'll give them a try as up till now I haven't really heard a bad thing about them. In the 693's I have had a couple of sidewall punctures in paddocks, & looking at the specs of the MTR they seem to have a thicker sidewall, so I can put up with a slightly harder ride if thats the case. (In the 60 Series you wouldn't pick the differance anyway).