Feeling like driving on ice

I would not drive around on tyres older than about 10 years for this very reason. Yours are definitely life-expired at that age, will be dangerously grip-deficient and should be replaced before driving anywhere / immediately for your sake and for that of other road users.

Change those for something decent (NOT Chinese death rings) and report back - I suspect you’ll find the issue has been resolved.

As you’re up in Scotland, if intending to do reasonable miles in the car over several years then I would look at one of the premium all-seasons from Michelin or Goodyear - something that can easily cope with icy conditions as well as warm summers. The alternative of course is to buy a separate set of wheels for summer and winter - but that would be both expensive and unnecessary in my opinion, given how far all-season tyre technology has come in recent years.
 
To clarify, Tyres more than 10 years old on our cars with no other defects will not fail an MOT, you "might" get an advisory from the tester.

Vehicles with 8 seats or more would fail the test for tyres over 10 years old on the steered axle or single rear axle. This rule followed a crash where a PCV crashed and the cause was an over 10 year old tyre failure on the steered axle.
 
I've got a 15 year old tyre on the back of mine (only been in use for the last year thou was a "as new" spare from a fiat punto) it's perfect!
 
It has had the wheel alignment checked and new tyres fitted. It is now with Volkstec in Ayr to see if they can sort it out. The mechanic at Volkstec has been out in it and says “it’s like a boat all over the place”. So we will see what he comes up with as the fault.
 
More news awaited with bated breath.

The very best of luck with this one, sounds like a combination old knackered hard rubber and hugely out tracking and rear wheel geometry.

A small wager on something not being fitted correctly.

All the best,

Simon
 
simon martyn said:
More news awaited with bated breath.

The very best of luck with this one, sounds like a combination old knackered hard rubber and hugely out tracking and rear wheel geometry.

A small wager on something not being fitted correctly.

All the best,

Simon
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All bushes renewed and all wheel alignment done on all 4 wheels. More news as I get it.
 
Still no news, called in garage yesterday, he had a look last weekend but couldn’t find anything wrong, he is going to have another look at it this weekend. I hope it will get sorted.
 
Finally found the problem. The previous owner when replacing the front lower wishbones some how damaged The bolts and bodged a repair, so now the wishbones are not firmly in place but move from side to side thus making the car it is like driving a boat. How it passed a MOT I don’t know. As the A2 console’s are no longer available I understand that from previous posts that Polo MK4 parts fit. So now because the garage is closed from tomorrow until the 8th January. So hopefully in the new year I get to drive it without any issues (hopefully)
 

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I see you live in Ayr…. so do I…. you can have a go of my car if you wish to see how it should drive…. early this year had all of suspension overhauled including new wishbones 👍

Hope the previous owner did not sell you the car in its current state😱
 
JavaGreen said:
I see you live in Ayr…. so do I…. you can have a go of my car if you wish to see how it should drive…. early this year had all of suspension overhauled including new wishbones 👍

Hope the previous owner did not sell you the car in its current state😱
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Thanks for your offer. Yes the previous owner did sell it like this, I presume at first everything was tight at MOT time which the car had only done 36 miles then afterwards things started to get lose after a trip to Dumfries a week after I got it followed by a trip to Garrion Bridge garden and Antique centre in which it was very difficult to drive with a crawl home at about 35mph plus a pheasant flew up in front of me and put a small dent in corner of the bonnet. So hopefully in the New Year we will get it sorted.
 
The travel from Ayr to Garrion Bridge would test a good healthy car…. a car in that condition, you got away lightly. Even to Dumfries makes my wife sick😳 Reading your post, perhaps the previous owner was unaware of his handy work…. or was he/she😳
Deutsch Tech Ayr usually works on my VW vans. I told him I had a couple of A2s, in fact checking the service book a previous owner had him servicing one of them so he will service mine in the new year👍
 
I have spoken to the previous owner and his reply was that he fitted new wishbones, bushes and with exclamation marks new bolts to emphasise the point. From the photos one bolt has a nut on it which does not show on the Audi parts list so quite obviously he has stripped the threads in the console when removing the old bolt and on the other side it looks like again it possibly stripped the threads and looks like the bolt has snapped thus causing excessive movement in the lower wishbone arm. After doing all the work over the last 18 months he only drove it 36 miles to the MOT station so everything must have been tight for the MOT. Perhaps if he had driven a few more miles he would have found the problem in the suspension. To top it all the garage where the car is said do I want to take it home and bring it back in the new year, I refused because of the dangerous state of the suspension,imagine if I had a accident and the police were involved I shudder to think of the consequences. I have the new consoles ready along with the disc protection shields (which are missing) ready to be fitted in the New Year.
 
Just suppose the bodge had let go and a head on collission resulted. Really and truly I can't help feeling that the "previous owner" should, at the very least, be putting a hand into his pocket. Keep all the old parts because I think there is a chance of some restitution somewhere.

Best of luck.
 
simon martyn said:
Just suppose the bodge had let go and a head on collission resulted. Really and truly I can't help feeling that the "previous owner" should, at the very least, be putting a hand into his pocket. Keep all the old parts because I think there is a chance of some restitution somewhere.

Best of luck.
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Totally agree, if a fatal accident had occurred, the previous owner might be liable for serious consequences, especially since he had admitted to repairing said items.
 
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