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    R36 tyre wear

    Hi Guys

    We have a 2009 R36 wagon in Icelandic grey with 30k on the clock.
    Its one of the best driving cars we have owned (compared with BMW, Saab, Subaru turbo etc) - however, not as quick as my Fireblade!!.

    One disappointment is the inability to load CDs directly into the hard drive in the sound system - does anyone have a solution apart from using memory cards as the transfer medium?

    The Dunlop Sport SP01 tyres have been great on the road & good in terms of the tread wear markers. However, the 2 LHS tyres (front & back) have developed excessive wear on the inside edges & both have developed cuts (around 5mm) in the tyre walls since the 15k service. As the tyres are otherwise "perfect", I wonder if this might be a defect in the tyres rather than just an alignment problem.

    Any comments or suggestions would be welcome.

    David

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    The R36 runs camber and toe settings which are a tad aggresive.
    Most owners have complained of this issue and the general response is that you should get VW to do a proper wheel alignment and get a rpint out of the report when you pick up the car.
    The jostling around on the delivery boat has put some people's settings way out.

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    Quote Originally Posted by DavesR36 View Post
    One disappointment is the inability to load CDs directly into the hard drive in the sound system - does anyone have a solution apart from using memory cards as the transfer medium?
    Pretty sure there isn't another way, unless you can use a USB device through the MDI to do it, but I don't know if that works... I only have the iPod MDI cable and you can't do it directly from an iPod.

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    Thanks
    Maybe I should have had a front & rear alignment done at the first service.

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    Thanks Pepe
    It is such a pain to use the memory cards. As the system can read memory cards & store onto the hard drive, it doesn't make sense that it can only play from the CD/DVD inputs & not similarly store from them onto the hard drive.

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    Quote Originally Posted by DavesR36 View Post
    Thanks Pepe
    It is such a pain to use the memory cards. As the system can read memory cards & store onto the hard drive, it doesn't make sense that it can only play from the CD/DVD inputs & not similarly store from them onto the hard drive.
    Agreed, it's definitely painful, and the interface speed is terrible, even when using Class 6 or above SD cards... it would literally take hours to fill the hard drive copying from SD. Still, once its on there, its quicker than MDI/iPod for browsing at least.

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    If you do U-turns frequently; you will find the LHS will wear out more quickly, although it seems in your case to have happened over a fairly short amount of mileage.

    Have you had a wheel alignment report done yet? Does the car track perfectly straight (ie. with wheel in dead centre on flat road, is the car travelling straight)?

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    John

    I live in country NSW so very few U-Turns - mainly open roads but some dirt & bumpy (not good for alignment).
    I am having the alignment checked next week (front & back) & will be interested in the results.
    When I get new tyres, I plan to get the alignment checked regularly - say every 5k.

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