Hello All,
New guy here with my first Lincoln Town Car - a 2007 model. I bought the car because I was sick of the noisy, harsh ride of my 2018 Sonata. Gave that to the wife to go shopping with. My "new to me" Town Car has Michellin X-Green all season tires with about 50% left, I would guess. I'm looking for the QUIETEST tire with the best ride. Since I live in the desert I don't really need "all season" so much. And I don't give a hoot about "high performance cornering" or any of that.
Any particular recommendations?
Hi DesertRatt. I'm sure you'll get plenty of opinions as to what we all prefer. In addition to those opinions, I would recommend going to The Tire Rack and using their Tire Decision Guide:
https://www.tirerack.com/content/tirerack/desktop/en/tire_decision_guide.html
"All-season" tires are pretty much your only choice in the factory size for your Town Car, especially since you express your main desire as ride comfort and don't need/want Summer-only high performance tires or Winter-only snow tires.
As an FYI, there are essentially three categories of tires. All-Season, Summer only, and Winter only. Summer only tires are generally designed for people who place an emphasis on Dry Road (and maybe Wet Road), high performance handling (high speed cornering grip etc), ahead of Ride Comfort, Wet Road Handling, Winter Traction, Tread Life, and Price. Summer only tires are not meant for a comfortable ride. They may not even be available in the Town Car size (I did not check), since they are designed for performance/performance cars which would not use such a high sidewall. They also should not be used if driving in temperatures below ~40° F.
When I used the Tire Decision Guide for your car and chose full emphasis on Ride Comfort only and 0 emphasis on all other categories, the top recommendation is the Michelin Crossclimate+. Two other recommendations were the Goodyear WeatherReady and the Vredestein Quatrac5.
Use the Tire Decision Guide yourself and make your decision choices by grading your desire for Ride Comfort, Wet Road Handling, Winter Traction, Dry Road handling, Tread Life, and Price. You don't need to buy from Tire Rack (although their prices are good), but it can give you a place to start looking.
Let us know how you make out and good luck.
