mystic.bertie
Well-known member
hi chaps, i just got a 01 golf gt tdi 115bhp with 146000 miles on it, i drove home 200m and the computer is telling me 43 mpg, i drove at 65 - 70mph mostly on motorways.
I have been having bad vibration problems on my steering wheel, the last owner just put new 'runway' very cheap chinese tires on just last week, so these have been causing the vibration problem, i swapped the fronts and bakcs and got them rebalanced and its much better but there is still a little vibration there at 50-70mph.
anyway i was wanting to know if these cheap nasty tires can be giving me poorer mpg on my car, also if the wheels are off balance can this affect my mpg??
if so is it ok to just change the fronts to get rid of the vibration but will having the cheap tires on the rear still affect my mpg? I cant afford new tires all round but i will change the fronts to get rid of this vibration.
I have been having bad vibration problems on my steering wheel, the last owner just put new 'runway' very cheap chinese tires on just last week, so these have been causing the vibration problem, i swapped the fronts and bakcs and got them rebalanced and its much better but there is still a little vibration there at 50-70mph.
anyway i was wanting to know if these cheap nasty tires can be giving me poorer mpg on my car, also if the wheels are off balance can this affect my mpg??
if so is it ok to just change the fronts to get rid of the vibration but will having the cheap tires on the rear still affect my mpg? I cant afford new tires all round but i will change the fronts to get rid of this vibration.