Originally Posted by 70GS455
As I was waiting in the tire store today, I started thinking about front end alignments. It seems to me that it would not be in the best interest of a store that sells tires to do a good job of aligning the front end. They would be much better suited doing a crappy job, so that the tires wear out faster, thus generating repeat business. I called the local chrysler dealer, and their machine cannot do a crossfire. Where would you take it that doesn't have a vested interest in doing a poor job?
I Agree!! As I bought a life time alignment at Firestone for $180 something 2 years ago and I do a lot of highway driving and don’t take turns as fast as I did on my first set of tires and these look all F*** UP!! I then took it a shop owned by a forum member and was told how messed up my alignment really was. Now keep in mind I had an alignment done 2 weeks prior at a Firestone in Savannah GA... I then drive up I-95 for 700+ miles and take my car to LDG Automotive (
LDG Automotive Specialists) which is located 1.5 hours from my home in MD when Jeff told me why my front tires were wearing faster on the outer edge is because the tires were pointing in (evenly) on both sides they fix it and I happily pay and drive home before the large snow hit DC the first time. It feels the same when I drive it but when I left to go back to GA my gas mileage improved by 3mpg!! I got 25.5mpg from GA-DC and 28.5mpg from DC-GA with cruse on both ways at 80mph... and I hit 2 hours of bumper-to-bumper traffic on the way back to GA. Needless to say I found the only shop that will I allow to touch my car.
Thanks again Jeff!!!