Doubt its engine torque :)
Not sure about the engine torque, as I say Goodyear say its more to do with going for the wheel alignment / geometry as I previously described, but on a 2 tonne + vehicle instead of some light sports car with a far lower centre of gravity etc etc!! And dont forget they have been designing and supplying tyres to large 4*4 vehicles for decades. You have to think that other leading manufacturers with 4*4 cars in their product range would have tested out such tricks, but obviously discounted them due to the tyre wear issues found.
Its easy to change at any decent tyre centre with the necessary rig and trained staff, but you dont want to deviate from the Audi reccommeded settings until they admit they need to be changed. Other wise they will probably just blame what you change!!!
Maybe someone should just go public with one of the leading motoring press magazines or consumer programmes and then Audi would get a bit of a 'rocket up their ass', so to speak.
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