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Originally Posted by a8 tech
camber angles are the problem and very very fine tolerance as the camber is constantly varing and the role of the vehicle is minimum then the tyres take the pain.Still driving style and suspension selection via mmi and tyre pressures still require drivers attention.Intresting thing about this thread is i deal q7 customers and have been involved with this thread from the start and only a small% SLATE THE Q7 and most are staying with audi as bmw and merc are a joke and i am not even going to mention the porsche as that ugly beast eats tyres for fun.Tractors are the future no tyre wear on them (joking dont get upset)
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My family and I like the car very much. Bottom line is that tyre wear is unacceptable. Its only a car and I will have no hesitation disposing of it as I have done with countless others over the years. None have eaten tyres like this one although one or two others have been disposed of due to various issues including the 90 quattro which tramlined like no other. Maybe Audi don't pay their suspension engineers enough?
Brand loyalty? Don't be daft. Its a commodity product albeit one that has a mightily unacceptable appetite for tyres. That some owners find it acceptable says more about those owners than the car.
What will I replace it with? Don't know yet. It could be a V8 diesel Range Rover but more likely the seven seater Discovery. No doubt some will say that is a risky buy but I have had maybe ten of their products and have never had a problem that could not be sorted. Can Audi sort the tyre wear issue? I doubt if they care a damn.
Besides which, why did the factory quality control and dealer pdi's allow all those Q7's out with their suspension geometry all to hell? Mine had both front out in various planes and the toe out on one rear. I know this because the dealer provided print-outs of before and after. Even though everything has been as it should be according to Audi since new tyres were fitted, they have only lasted 11,000 miles. All four of them.
If Audi can't get their suspension and/or transmissions sorted and have no intension of rectifying them, surely every potential customer should know what sort of company they are dealing with? Only in the motor industry would this be found acceptable. They know that there will be another mug in through their door buying their product in 10 minutes. Well I'm a bigger mug than most, having been stung twice by a product with huge suspension problems. On the bright side, at least this one is nice to drive and everyone actually likes it very much. That doesn't mean they get emotionally attached to metal cans in our house though. Its a tool for a job and is difficient in a significant area.