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It's RWD.....but surely no worse than a BMW or Merc?...for me it will be the second car and the major use one will always be a fwd hatch....or 4wd because it may be an S3 in the near future.

I assume you say camber because inside wear caused by toe out would extend further across the tread?Tony,If I were near to you rather than 150 miles away I'd be calling at your place to get it checked out tomorrow! But as things are,can someone recommend a competent place to do this in the Sheffield area?...could the local Lexus workshop be trusted?

John, I bought my IS250 new in 2005 and Tony used it as a test bed to check whether it had similar issues to the IS200. I managed to acquire the geometry settings for the IS250 from the Lexus Dealership I bought it from (it was too recent for the Hunter to have the settings in memory), and WIM ensured the geometry was within the Lexus tolerances and checked them every 6 months over the best part of 5 years. The car was lowered before it was two years old and required camber adjusters to bring it back within the standard Lexus settings. Tyre wear was absolutely even across the treads and the only geometry adjustment required over the whole test period was the initial setting and reset after lowering. So in answer to your question, no the IS250 doesn't have the same issues that plagued the IS200/300 and the Lexus settings are OK.I will add that my IS250 did have tramlining issues from new on its Bridgestone Potenzas, but Tony dialed it out on the first geometry check/setting. . Thanks for that,good information.

Not that much,say 15 to 20 %,it doesn't really seem to extend towards the centre of the tyre,and it's both tyres with similar wear on each one.

Seems I have issues with both of our cars at the moment.I've already discussed our Fabia vRS so now onto our newly acquired Lexus IS 250 (2006). What I thought were reasonable condition front tyres (Bridgestone RE50) have, on closer examination,significant inside edge wear. I'm aware the earlier IS 200 had issues (solved thanks to WIM expertise) but does the IS 250 still have special issues or will a bog standard re alignment solve this? I would add that the steering feel does not inspire great confidence,there is a lot of tramlining. Thanks for any advice, John.

Thanks for all that. I'll get reading !!!

Looks like you got a good one,but the issue is quite widespread if you look on the Skoda forum,Fabia II section. I gather standard fit oem tyres were either Continental or Dunlop but the issue is more linked to the Dunlop tyres. I'm at Chesterfield and agree that I need a local geo specialist. TBH I don't think Skoda will do anything under warranty since the car has now done 14k miles,I should have gone back in the first month I suppose.

HI,my first post. I've done a search and found nothing coming up re the Fabia so assume this issue has not been raised on here yet. The problem relates to the current model Fabia but apparently only the vRS and Monte Carlo models fitted with 17" wheels and 205/40 tyres.By the many comments on the Skoda forum it's a very common issue.The problem is pulling to the left when the car is going straight.One owner's problems became subject to an article in Auto Express when the dealer failed to resolve the issue (they all do that a bit,sir.) but after the mag intervened the dealer did sort it out by both changing the alignment AND replacing under warranty the Dunlop Sport Maxx tyres with Pirelli P Nero...it is being said that directional tyres don't suit so non-directional should be fitted. Personally I have this problem with my Fabia vRS (15 months old) but I have lived with it up to now.The pull to the left is the same with my original wheels and Dunlop tyres and with the winter wheels, currently fitted, with Kumho tyres,195/50/16,these are also directional tyres. I recently had my local garage "check the tracking",which made no difference to the pull,but now the steering wheel is off-centre!! I would be grateful for any helpful comments so I can go to the dealer with some ammunition as a precaution against being fobbed off. Thanks in advance, John.