In reply to irish44j (Forum Supporter) :
Alignment is for desired handling, not tire wear.
I remember when Ford front drives specified about a degree and a half of negative camber, and something like 1/8-1/4" of toe out. They demolished the insides of the tires but that was what Ford wanted for the handling characteristics they targeted.
well yeah. but I hardly think VW designed it to only have strange wear on ONE side. Both sides have identical alignments. So mostly back to "is something else wrong" or "is this tire just poorly made"
In reply to irish44j (Forum Supporter) :
It's a bit of a long-shot, but I understand this car is mainly your commuter to work? I mention this because I remember my TDI often had some odd tire wear on the right-rear. I thought a bit about my commute - which at the time included two long sweeping right curves I would usually take about as fast as possible (min. 60 MPH; often faster). Thus the unweighted right-rear tire would sort of drag on the inside edge to the point of mild howling. After some months of this, I started to notice the tire was not wearing evenly, although I was able to even out the wear somewhat by rotating front to rear at every oil change.
When I had that car I was driving a lot - usually over 30K per year. Summer tires would typically last one season. Winter tires maybe three, but usually only two.
That's a thought, but my commute has the "big sweeper" going both directions, so both tires get the wear :)
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