Tramlining
30 November 2000, 05:23 PM
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Just had my car serviced at the local Subaru dealer. The car has been tramlining ever since I have had it, but my wife was told it wasnt at the last service and believed the service guy, who said it was just a characteristic of the car.
Anyway, having read many threads about other peoples cars tramlining I got them to set the Geometry to Prodrive settings as they reckoned it would cure it. Then just got a call and they were charging me £60 +vat for the pleasure.
After a big argument the garage spoke to Subaru UK and they want to inspect the car - to give them their due, the garage has now waived the charge though.
Thing is, isnt this a problem that Subaru should sort out and not pass on to the owner - with the excuse that 'it's a result of having 16 inch wheels as standard now, instead of 15 inch wheels', because that's not our fault.
Anyway, having read many threads about other peoples cars tramlining I got them to set the Geometry to Prodrive settings as they reckoned it would cure it. Then just got a call and they were charging me £60 +vat for the pleasure.
After a big argument the garage spoke to Subaru UK and they want to inspect the car - to give them their due, the garage has now waived the charge though.
Thing is, isnt this a problem that Subaru should sort out and not pass on to the owner - with the excuse that 'it's a result of having 16 inch wheels as standard now, instead of 15 inch wheels', because that's not our fault.
30 November 2000, 05:27 PM
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Same problem with my MY'00 UK Turbo.. I had 17" P7 alloys on it which made it worse...
P1 seems trouble free on that front, probably the prodrive geometry me thinks (yes, having one of my more intelligent days and have a habit of stating the obvious
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P1 seems trouble free on that front, probably the prodrive geometry me thinks (yes, having one of my more intelligent days and have a habit of stating the obvious
).rgds, Alex
30 November 2000, 05:44 PM
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From past experience it seemed to me that tramlining can be greatly reduced by using tyres with a more rounded profile at the shoulder rather than the more angular type. Pity they look crap.
30 November 2000, 10:56 PM
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Anyone here tried driving along the 'old' A34 through Newbury??? talk about tramlining - never known anything like it - is it just the scooby?? I didnt notice it in my other cars!!
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01 December 2000, 12:09 AM
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It's got worse on mine since I put 18" wheels on. My mate went out in it the other day and returned with exagerated tales of an incident that nearly turned him into a hedge. Made me laugh...until I remembered he was in my car.....wonker!
01 December 2000, 07:57 AM
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I used to get mega tramlining in my old 3-door Cosworth (nice to see Tiffany playing with one last night). Not noticed any particular problem with my STi IV, though.
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Tramlining will be more noticeable with wider tyres. Geometry isn't always the "only" cause as tyre pressure and, IMHO far more importantly, make sure the tyres have a decent amount of tread on them as the more they wear the worse the tramlining will get.
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02 December 2000, 01:19 AM
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Yes Huxley exactly there!! you know it well??its bloody spooky if youre going fast - it can be very embarassing - also its bad at the roundabout by halfords at the bottom of the hill
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I suffered from tramlining too. I even had it in my MR2.
Since I fitted S0-2s ( 16 inch ) and had the bump steer mod, tramlining has been a thing of the past.
So far!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Jon
Since I fitted S0-2s ( 16 inch ) and had the bump steer mod, tramlining has been a thing of the past.
So far!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Jon
02 December 2000, 12:14 PM
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pslewis do you mean going up the hill towards Tesco's roundabout and have you been down the A4 just past Sony roundabout just as bad ! and the Ba****** charge how much for road tax etc !!!
Just come back from mickey mouse land in the states and there roads are far better than ours no problem with tramlining with our 4x4 suv out there !!
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Just come back from mickey mouse land in the states and there roads are far better than ours no problem with tramlining with our 4x4 suv out there !!
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02 December 2000, 10:31 PM
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pslewis it makes you look like your pi****
when your going warp factor 10 then slowing to go left at the roundabout but who cares it gives the people behind somthing to look at !!
Huxley
when your going warp factor 10 then slowing to go left at the roundabout but who cares it gives the people behind somthing to look at !!
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My standard tyres had taken up tramlining big time (were fine when new), replaced them yesterday with a set of 17s and Toyos, and as if by magic I can drive in a straight line again. So I can only agree that it is down to the lack of tread. Hopefully will see more than 4.5k from these tyres though 
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