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Both of my BMW's an older E36 325i and an '03 330i sport pkg came stock with plenty of negative camber in the rear and also some rear toe-in to compensate for the extreme camber.
On my old E36 which I use purely as a "drive to work" car (80 miles round trip), I eventually adjusted the suspension to nearly zero camber front and rear (adjusted rear and slotted upper shock towers in front).... Tires last MUCH longer now with rears still wearing out a bit faster if I forget to rotate them. The car still handles great, but surely skid pad numbers would suffer.
On the 330, I just decided to go non staggered as I have two sets of identical stock 17" wheels. The snow tires are now mounted to the two sets of front 7.5" wide wheels (225/45/17) and I will use the four 8.5" wide wheels (245/40/17) at all four corners with summer tires. This will allow me to rotate them to get better wear patterns year round and will lengthen the time between buying rear tires every 15-20k miles.
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German autos: '79 911 SC, '87 951, '03 330i, '08 Cayenne, '13 Cayenne
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