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More Octavia Vrs Mk3 tyre wear woes!!

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Cannonball, did you solve your problem? I have a 2012 Octavia VRS estate that I bought in 2015 and fitted with 17" rims and 225/45 Michelin Cross Climate tyres. At service last week 23/06/2020 after 27000 miles, all four tyres show even wear across the tread with 3mm tread depth remaining at front and 5mm at rear. The garage did report though that the rears show slight scallop wear around the circumference, although I can't see it.

Incidentally, on a front-wheel drive car, the front wheels provide both the main braking effort and the traction, of course, but all four wheels provide the cornering force; indeed, on any car, front or rear-wheel drive, the cornering potential of the rear tyres is the most crucial for cornering and straight-line stability, so that is where the "best" tyres of the four on the car should be, contrary to popular belief.

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On 16/03/2018 at 19:49, canonball said:

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Gooday all. Thanks for all the interest in my little problem. Hopefully i've attached the tracking results. If they fail to appear I will have another go. The fitter initially told me that the fronts were ok and the rear passenger side was slightly out. He adjusted the Left rear which thenput the fronts out, which he adjusted back. Interestingly, when I inspected the old rear tyres, although they looked evenly worn, on closer inspection the driver side one had a "wear scuff" mark around 30mm from inside edge. Perhaps the Goodyear F1 tread showed this more as I never noticed this on the Bridgestone's. The tread depth on the inner side was slightly less than the outside. This wheel was in tolerence. The passenger side measured roughly the same across the tread, no scuff mark but was "out" of tolerence, and when adjusted put the fronts out. Well...the tracking was out so hopefully in k9 miles time they will be half worn...I hope! Mind...I like Sneaky Pete's results as they are so Green and even. Mine's Red and large differences in the numbers. There again...just had a week of driving the North Wales scenic railway type roads and handling was faultless. Thanks for the interest.

I can see 2 things wrong with your PDF.

 

First it says "without independent rear suspension" and the VRS has independent rear suspension.

Then it says "standard suspension" whilst the VRS has the Sport Suspension.

 

Check the technical manual for axles and steering on page 232.

 

There is so much misinformation about our cars :(

 

 

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