Interesting. This was all carried out by my VW main agent garage that I have used for years and I am not sure how I would know if a rear wheel was out of balance until it was obvious that there was uneven wear.

It did not occur to me that the garage might not have done the job properly until I discovered that the requested track and camber test on all four wheels had not be completed on the back wheels.(The old NSR tyre was feathered and the mechanic suggested a camber test). When I collected the car another mechanic told me that they hadn't done the camber test on the back wheels because they couldn't be adjusted anyway. I insisted that the camber test was done on all four wheels (I had paid for it anyway). They discovered that the NSR camber was minus 1 degree 45 minutes against a target of minus 1 degree 27 minutes with a tolerance of + or - 10 minutes. I am told that I could have a new rear axle fitted but the discrepancy is not worth worrying about.

Now I have really gone off topic but it explains why I thought thae garage might be cutting corners.

Thanks for the input.

Back in the day when i worked for kwik fit the fronts wheels were balanced properly and the back ones the weights were just knocked on the rims!

Yep that sounds like KF !