Rear Wheels Inside Wear

[Oscarguitar]

I just don't understand this level of tyre wear. I got 49,500 miles out of a set of 19 in Michelin Damaris. All even wear and there was still life in them, just got fed up waiting to replace them. The suspension is standard Sport suspension on a 2005 X5 (with the rear camber). I hear that the new X5s eat tyres but on the E53 can last a long time. I always keep a close eye on the tyre pressures, 32 psi all round apart from when i have a load on.

I try to drive it like a rear wheel drive car, slow in, straighten up accelerate out, it handles well and sits it tyres four square. If I try to pile in to corners too fast, squeal round and boot it too soon, well it is going to chew them up. The cars do weigh the best part of 2 tonnes, so a little mechanical sympathy is called for. Physics will win in the end.

These are just my observations, but I find some of the tyre wear rates on this board hard to comprehend.

[Oscarguitar]

BTW, those tyres look under inflated, arched in the middle, could just be the way the picture is taken, but that can really increase inside tyre wear, especially with the camber.