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delliottg
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Initially Posted - 02/18/2010 :  20:37:05  Show Profile  Visit delliottg's Homepage
My VW had developed a shimmy in the rear end, which seemed to get worse with time. When it first started, I thought maybe my lug nuts were loose on one of my rear tires, or one of the tires were out of round, something like that. I checked the lug nuts, no problems, I visually inspected my tires and saw nothing out of the ordinary. The problem continued, so I made an appointment with my mechanic to take a look at it figuring that maybe I had a bearing going bad, or something along those lines.

As it turns out, it <i>was </i>the tires, they were delaminating. Apparently my right rear had a bulge bigger than my hand on the inside (where I couldn't see it), and the out of round-ness was causing excessive wear, accelerating the problem.

I guess the upshot is, even if you do what seems like due diligence when checking into a problem, it's a better idea to get it put up on a rack and looked at. It wouldn't have been a stretch to imagine a blowout or worse as a tire delaminates.
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Response Posted - 02/19/2010 :  20:32:03  Show Profile
My wife has a Saab and my kids both have VWs, and I have been very disappointed with the quality and reliability of the tires. Consistently, I find that the sidewalls fail. I have a compressor in the garage and check tire pressure at least monthly in all the cars.

Nonetheless, among these three cars, I have replaced something like 6 tires in four years. And none of them were cheap tires - michelins, goodyears and toyos.

I think that there may be something about the aluminum rims and the short sidewalls. It could be that road hazards pinch the sidewalls against the rims.

Whatever, it is very frustrating to have to constantly replace expensive tires.

Thankfully, my Jeep uses conventional, albeit LARGE, tires. Each set have lasted at least 4 years with approx 15000 miles per year on the car.

I have not had any similar issues with the Jeep.
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panhead1948
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Response Posted - 02/20/2010 :  15:56:40  Show Profile
Not sure what is causing the problem with your tires, but a great source for tires is the TIRERACK.COM
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bigelowp
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Response Posted - 02/20/2010 :  19:00:53  Show Profile
Cost vs. quality, etc. i put a zillion miles on my cars and tires are less of an issue than my retired, in her 90's mother who replaces them all the time because of -- sidewall problems (read, delam) as she lives in FL. I am convinced that tires will go a 100k miles IF the miles are put on quickly BUT they over time, tires do not last as they once did. FYI I replace my boat trailor tires (17 ft CC powerboat) every three year for that reason.
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