So I put a new set of Pirellis (from Discount Tire), that’s whatever they had in stock since I couldn’t wait for a week to get a set of Crossclimate 2, but whatever, and this morning I headed to the dealership to get a new alignment.
To my surprise, the alignment wasn’t nearly as catastrophic as I thought it would be. Toe in the rear was pretty much zero, at the edge of manufacturer specs but… could that be enough to destroy the tires like this?
I see I had negative toe in the front, though still within specs, and almost zero at the rear. After the alignment they left it at zero at the front and +0.12 at the rear (consistent with what I saw in other posts in this forum, that’s about the center of the range).
My question is: It seems my vehicle has quite some camber in the rear, with the right wheel slightly above specs. Would it be advantageous to have more positive toe to compensate that a little? I’m asking because if the lower edge of the settings destroyed my tires that fast, maybe I need to stay close to the other end of the range? I just want to protect my new tires.
I’m not new to AWD tire wear, but in my Audi I’m on my 4 set of tires, they always lasted above 40k each set, and I’ve never seen tire destruction like this in my life.
