So just had my service done at 10,500 miles (on an '08 plate!) and it's £289 for the service + £50 or so for brake fluid and VW kindly tell me one of the rear wheels has a slight buckle, a replacement being a mere £429, also that it needs two new rear tyres at just £220 per piece (Pirelli P-Zero's now VW standard fit they say). Bargain They say the wheel isn't urgent but would be a problem for MOT, fortunately it just passed one so I'm not sure how much of a problem that is! (The probably did it putting the car on a ramp ).
I'm sure glad I bought a cheap "People's car" rather than one of those expensive Audi's...
Reeally surprised it needs rear tyres at only 10,500 miles. I run P Zeros and my rears have done 37,000 miles and there is over 6mm left on them. Even if they had been rotated with the fronts, I would have expected much more mileage.
With regards to buying tyres, check Camskill out as the 19" P Zero is currently £161.00
Yeah cheers for that, I agree - I did look at the tyres yesterday and while they're quite cracked at the edges due to age the tread looked fine. I've used Camskill before and had a look a few weeks back, was thinking about the Eagle F1 Assymetric 2's at £137 or so. I loved how VW seemed to just think I'd say "yeah, stick it on the bill..."!
You can't go wrong with Goodyear F1s. Used thwm in tne past on other cars and they were great. I take it you have 18" wheels at that price.
With your service being that price, it would have been worth considering the 2yr / 20k service plan which is currently £379. Cost of MOTs included too. Details on VW website.
Yeah, 18's on mine (Interlagos), I think when hols are out of the way I'll give Ebay a look at that price! I'll ask about the long-life plan when I go in and see what they say, cheers!
I'd be inclined to get a second opinion on the tyres. 10k is nothing for rears. I'm also still on my originals at 4 years and 32k miles.
I've currently got Pirelli P Zero’s on the front and they seem pretty good.
You might want to try a wheel refurb place to repair your alloy rather than replacing it. If it's beyond repair they will tell you and not charge you anything so nothing to lose except your time. If it is safe to repair it should only cost about £50
I got told the same about one of my interlagos alloys when I had the car serviced last month and also that my two rear tyres were down to 2mm (they have done 26k though to be fair). Despite the buckled alloy, it was only an advisory on the MOT and it makes no difference to the way the car drives or handles. However, being a bit OCD and now knowing it's there, I wanted to get the alloy repaired/replaced. I read differing opinions on repairs to buckled alloys so decided the safest bet was to buy one. Took me to weeks searching everywhere before one came up on E-Bay so I grabbed it while I could. Cost me £134 with a continental SP5 tyre and 6mm tread remaining so was well chuffed with that. The genuine Interlagos do seem to be few and far between though and there seems to be plenty of people competing for them. Good luck whatever you decide to do and if you do have it repaired, let me know how you get on and how much it cost as I was still thinking of getting mine repaired and keeping it as a spare.
How do you know the wheel you bought second hand isn't also buckled? Did you mount it and spin it up on a balancing machine?
You will also read differing opinions on buying a single alloy wheel (why is it for sale?).
At least when you get your own wheel repaired you know its straight after the repair. I had mine powder coated and they wouldn't let me leave when I dropped the car off until I had witnessed a truing test on all four wheels to ensure they were not buckled before they started.
It's a good point about buckled wheels and buying second-hand. I think there must be some issue with the Interlagos alloys as I've never had a buckled wheel before and one of the things I'd read about the Scirocco (from the Honestjohn site I think) was that the alloys could break on sharp knocks like potholes. That said for all I know the previous owner did a handbrake skid into the kerb!
How serious an issue is it in reality? If I can't feel it when driving and the tread wear on the tyre looks even how bad can it be? I can imagine it would screw handling and affect economy if severe but if I can't feel it (on a rear wheel admittedly) then I'm not certain it's enough to be a problem.
They say the wheel isn't urgent but would be a problem for MOT, fortunately it just passed one so I'm not sure how much of a problem that is! (The probably did it putting the car on a ramp 
I loved how VW seemed to just think I'd say "yeah, stick it on the bill..."! 
