If this was happening to me I would look at taking to a proper wheel alignment specialist Matt. Someone who knows there stuff and deals with this section of the car day in day out. Get a second opinion on the matter as I think you could be chafing your tail on this matter as this is now 4 pages in and still no outcome mate. Sometimes you just have to go another route on these matters and not back at the dealership
I’ve done that, the car has actually never been into Audi for this issue. It’s had 3 wheel alignments completed, 2 by a specialist that spend their time setting up race spec evo’s but admittedly was done totally to within manufacturer specs albeit precisely. Then it was done by Pirelli. I’ve tried to get it sorted without involving warranty as I hate dealing with the dealers, it’s a nightmare but I’ve gone as far as I can myself. I’m back in touch with Pirelli and I have asked if they can help further and if they know of a location where I can go and get a 110% custom setup, so rather than just an alignment they will look at how the tyres sit on the surface. They said nowhere they know of basically and that they didn’t think that would solve the issue anyway. Do you know of anywhere I could go to get this kind of set up or somebody that is more specialist in this area? As always I’m happy to put a tank of fuel in the car if it means working towards a fix.
Audi want me to pay £120 for wheel alignment, like hell am I... this is a warranty issue! But this is the best bit, I can have wheel alignment done as frequently as I like with Audi (if I pay) and I’ve categorically been told that even if I did that and my tyres still wore excessively, there would be no warranty claim, no contribution to tyres and more concerning they admitted there would never be a fix for the car (if there is an issue).
I’ve been told I drive the car as an RS should be driven, it’s a race car for the road and there are too many variables for them to possibly agree there is a fault with the car. I’ve had it pointed out as ‘unsuial’ that the differences in my pre and post alignment printouts are quite different (all are green and within spec but are different), isn’t that the purpose of alignment? To correct a setting that will inevitably have gradually moved away from its specification?
My Mum doesn’t like it when I drive fast, but when I told her that she even said it was rubbish and said I don’t drive that fast or even fast that often (surprised me when she said that). There are people that drive these cars a hell of a lot harder than I do, mine normally gets it in a straight line and is rarely pushed around bends if ever... there is just no room for error on the roads and not worth binning it or even just trying to explore the limits in any sense. Mine has also spent many thousands of miles on the motorway travelling to different points of the country.
Sounds like a company that wants to help? Sorry, just getting me down again now as I’ve had all of this before with Audi and had equal response then.
This time was going to try and keep the goings on with myself and Audi off of the forum as it is very much read in detail by all parties, but stuff it.. not getting anywhere either way. Last update I had was waiting for a reply from the dealer, comes a time when Audi doesn’t respond to Audi.
