Being limited to one tire is quite a buzz kill, but honestly, so far, I have zero complaints with the Dunlops. I've only managed to get about 6k miles on them so far and from what I can tell, they will last for quite a while. The noise is so-so. They are actually kind of weird. The running aspect of the tires aren't loud at all, but the noise comes from them slapping on small imperfections in the road, if that makes sense. For instance, when I drive over the little lip when entering my garage, they sound like a basketball. Or when driving over the joists in bridges. Otherwise, they really aren't an issue for me. I actually think I hear more wind noise than tire noise...