They all do that sir!.....

[catso]

Following on from my A3 tyre wear thread, I had the wheel alignment done yesterday at Audi dealer, they did it FOC (but originally wanted £159).

Anyway they tell me that excessive wear to the inner edge of the tyre is a 'characteristic' of the car, they called it "Quattro Scrub" and said that all A3 Quattro's, TT's & S3's etc do it.

So if you're looking at buying one budget for front tyres at 8 - 10,000 miles and be prepared to throw away a tyre with 5mm of tread from outer edge to centre - "They all do that Sir" :rolleyes:

[Witchfinder]

catso said:

Anyway they tell me that excessive wear to the inner edge of the tyre is a 'characteristic' of the car, they called it "Quattro Scrub" and said that all A3 Quattro's, TT's & S3's etc do it.

Sounds like too much "toe out" to me. You can get it adjusted, but I don't know how much that would affect the handling.

[catso]

Witchfinder said:

Sounds like too much "toe out" to me. You can get it adjusted, but I don't know how much that would affect the handling.

Sounds that way to me but they tell me that's how it should be, probably upsets the cornering if not ?

p.s. anyone want a cheap pair of 225/45 ZR17 Dunlops with 4 - 5mm of tread all over except the inside 1" or should I donate them to the anti-scamera cause

[agent006]

Get a printout (if you've not already got one). It should have the tolerances for the A3 on it and what yours is set to. Take it somewhere who knows what they're on about. Audi garages are notoriously shoddy when it comes to wheel alignment.

[targarama]

What a load of b0ll0cks. Why do Audi dealers try it on like this? Our TT Quattro has done 64k and worn 2 sets of tyres perfectly evenly. Never had the wheels aligned since new. Get the data and have it done by someone who knows what they're doing.