grizz123

Hi guys, thanks for all the postings - feel part of the family already Think I'm gonna replace the tyres tomorrow - continentals all round and see if that makes the difference...if not looks like its the gearbox. BUT can't get my head around that even though i moved the cheap tyres to the back the sound seems to come from the front - although I must say the sound got worse since the tyres were changed anyway?! Weird. Really appreciate all your comments, will keep you posted :p

Thanks for the quick reply & thanks for the welcome! When I brought the car it had 4 continentals contact 2's on it. I then put some infinity (cheap!) tyres on the front, got the drone, then I changed them to the back & the drone is still there. So currently I have 2 continentals on the front and 2 infinitys on the back, surely it can't be as simple as that.?????????

Hi, thanks for the welcome. I've posted in the correct place

Hi All, I've been meaning to join for a while but I'm now at the end of my tether & need your help/advice. I'm the proud owner of an Octavia VRS 2006 (mark 1) I've only had it for 5 months and have been over the moon with it. Recently I noticed a droning noise from the front end after putting different tyres on. I thought it was the tracking so went to Skoda to have that done (that was after having it done at 2 different tyre centres before) That still didn't fix it so I've just had the wheen bearings done and the noise is till there!! The garage think it might be the gearbox - after they milked me out of hundreds for the wheel bearings!! The car has only done 63,000 miles so I'm not sure its the gearbox Any ideas guys? Would really appreciate your advice as I'm going out of my mind!!

Hi All, I've been meaning to join for a while but I'm now at the end of my tether & need your help/advice. I'm the proud owner of an Octavia VRS 2006 (mark 1) I've only had it for 5 months and have been over the moon with it. Recently I noticed a droning noise from the front end after putting different tyres on. I thought it was the tracking so went to Skoda to have that done (that was after having it done at 2 different tyre centres before) That still didn't fix it so I've just had the wheen bearings done and the noise is till there!! The garage think it might be the gearbox - after they milked me out of hundreds for the wheel bearings!! The car has only done 63,000 miles so I'm not sure its the gearbox Any ideas guys? Would really appreciate your advice as I'm going out of my mind!!