I put new michlien Primacy MXV4 tires on my 2001 Audi A8L about 11K miles ago. My car has 81k miles on it and I have noticed horrible inside and outside edge wear on the 2 front times. It is perfectly even. No wear at all on the rear tires. I have been running the tires at about 37PSI which is 7 Psi higher then recommended so you would think if anything the center of the tire would be wearing. The car track straight and the tire wear is even. Is the tire wear normal for this car or could it be something else? Doesn't seem like an alingment is needed?

 

Does anyone have any ideas what this can be. I guess my next stop wil be to the garage to see if it needs an alingment

 

I would say alignment, if you haven't had on recently.

My also check the control arms.

 

I have a 2000 A8 with 182,000 miles. I bought it used. It has Goodyear Viva Touring tires. No funky wear issues as you describe. If it were bad alignment, you would think that the tire wear would be different. Bad camber: Wear on just one side. Bad toe-in or toe-out, cupping on one side. I see your original post was 6/16/12. Have you determined the cause of your problem?

 

i had the same issue. it turned out to be out of alignment.

I just had the tires replaced and the alignment redone. will be watching.

 

I had the car alinged and rotated the tires I will watch the fronts now and keep you posted