So.... rear wheel set up...

[Chrisw4266]

When doing wheel alignment 3 degrees is an awful lot and can make a big difference.
Which setting was 3 degrees out?

[shadrack]

i agree with raj and x5sport in that the wear pattern doesnt look anything out of the ordinary, just the tyres been on about 3k miles too long

[Nick73]

Thanks Richard, not sure why then, but the pressures where a bit high, dropped them down now.

I didnt think to ask which 'bit' of the alignment was out, but from his hand movements when he was telling me I assumed it the tracking rather than camber??

Anyway good news, is the new rubber has transformed the drive of car, fingers crossed it was me being a numpty not checking tyres properly!

[petert]

I had a similar though less extreme situation though I did the tyre change before failure, thankfully.  I had my alignment checked and although it was out it was nothing like 3 degrees - the worst was less than 2 I believe.
Peter T