2nd Hand 2010 RS DSG Wagon - Buying Advice

[woofy]

It's a petrol.

I did notice the inside of the rear wheels were worn a lot worse than the outside.

I wouldn't call it a howl though, more of a rotational noise.

I put the gearbox in neutral and the sound didn't go away, and definitely sounded like the rear end.

Thanks for all your help.

The owner is the first owner, and hasn't been using the car for a while. Have negotiated down to about 20% cheaper then the other ones for sale, and has a few extras such as leather, mdi, nav.

I'm sold on the price, just very wary of the risk.

Just to check, at one stage ALL RS cars came with the Nav/Columbus unit. They still do. Leather with Alcantera is standard as well. Full leather became an option, but a dodgy service history wouldn't sway me for the full leather as I think the stock RS seats are better. So you are probably only looking at the MDI which from memory also became standard. The car could be perfectly fine, but even if it has been sitting about, why is the kms so high from the last service....doesn't add up. There should have been a service in there a long time back. It sounds like they missed one and are trying to avoid the big 60k one as well.

[Antiplastix]

inside rear wheel wear is not caused by camber, its cause by misaligned rear toe.

easy to correct. its called a wheel alignment

yes, badly aligned wheels may cause that sound, also cheap - and expensive - tyres.

Rubbish !!!!!!

[zei20t]

what part is rubbish?

[GTR27]

2010 MY11 cars were the first to come with columbus satnav as std. I know, because when I bought mine, I specifically had to ask for a MY11 to get columbus (well, get it "free").

[zei20t]

Rubbish !!!!!!

if this is in response to my toe vs camber tyre wear, feel free to google the difference.

https://www.google.com.au/#q=how+doe...fect+tire+wear

[Antiplastix]

what part is rubbish?

Inside wheel (tyre) wear not caused by camber.

I spent 5 years of my life doing wheel alignments for a living, I think I know what I m on about.

[woofy]

I think you meant to say rear toe......and yes the issue was caused by a dodgy rear camber coming out of the factory. Mine never had it, but somewhere around 2009 it started appearing on brand new deliveries and as Brad pointed out a TSB was put out about it after people starting killing new tyres.

[Antiplastix]

My vRS came from the factory with -2.20 of camber each side , the tyres were shot in 19,000 km and noisey as. I had the rear camber set to -1.00 and got 3 times the mileage at the expense of some handling. There are 3 settings for mk.2 Octavias;
2UA- Standard
2UB-Scout
2UC-vRS
If you want decent mileage from your tyres on your vRS set to the 2UA specs.
Back to the original question ,also be aware that there was a problem with 2009-2010 cam chain tensioners and I would factor in replacing that in the purchase.

[brad]

Inside wheel (tyre) wear not caused by camber.

I spent 5 years of my life doing wheel alignments for a living, I think I know what I m on about.

My vRS came from the factory with -2.20 of camber each side , the tyres were shot in 19,000 km and noisey as. I had the rear camber set to -1.00 and got 3 times the mileage at the expense of some handling. There are 3 settings for mk.2 .

Inside wear not caused by camber so you changed the camber to fix up the inside tyre wear?

We both know that excessive -ve camber or excessive toe-out will cause inside tyre wear. Excessive positve camber (like they used to run on x-ply tyres) or excessive toe-in will cause outsdie shoulder wear.

If it's a steer axle & you drive on Australian roads then excessive toe-in will mainly wear the outside edge of the LHS tyre; excessive toe out will wear the inside edge of the RHS tyre.

ZEI20t had it mostly right, he just left a bit out.

I've seen cheap tyres that are pretty quiet and could get a fair bit of edge saw-toothing without rumbling - they didn't necessarily grip but at least it was silent as you speared into the shrubbery.

I've also seen expensive tyres that needed x-rotation every 5000km or they would get a feather on the trailing edge of the blocks & howl like a tom cat.

As you are fully aware, wheel alignment is dependant on the driving style & conditions & not just a factor of how the chassis is set up. I have to run really conservative settings on my car because 80% of the time I'm going in a straight line.

[woofy]

My vRS came from the factory with -2.20 of camber each side , the tyres were shot in 19,000 km and noisey as. I had the rear camber set to -1.00 and got 3 times the mileage at the expense of some handling. There are 3 settings for mk.2 Octavias;
2UA- Standard
2UB-Scout
2UC-vRS
If you want decent mileage from your tyres on your vRS set to the 2UA specs.
Back to the original question ,also be aware that there was a problem with 2009-2010 cam chain tensioners and I would factor in replacing that in the purchase.

It wasn't always an issue though, I've had 55k with plenty left and really even wear on our late 2008 delivered RS, and this issue cropped up about a year or so later so wonder if they changed the settings.