Ok here is the final report on the cabin noise issue. I had the doors done and the rear hatch and FINALLY the car is livable. They were very surprised to see there was NO sound deadening material at all in the doors and so whatever they did made a difference.
It was really a relief and impossible to put a percent factor on it without some noise measuring device. But let me say it this way. I was really REALLY upset with the noise at first and my words were "Very Unsatisfied" . Thats sad because one such big negative can ruin all the other positives.
Now I have to say that noise is no longer a problem.. yes I would like to add special tires in the spring because the less road noise the better, IMO but I can definitely live with this and whereas before I thought I had made a huge mistake I can now say if I were grading this car I would give it an A and expect that to go to an A + when I get those new tires on. I am going with Continental Extreme DW partly because of what I have read and also because the shop I go to has a policy that if you dont like the tires you can bring them back and have the old ones put on free of charge. No risk in that! Problem is that those new tires will cost about $1300 with tax included.
Hopefully this helps. and thanks to everyone that has helped me with this issue..
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