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Old 04-23-2002, 06:07 AM
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Its a tough call on alignment. The place I go to does an alignment, test drives it for about 15 miles and then re-checks it. I've never been disapointed in them, but there a few places that take the care they do (ask Lightning, he's been there).

Most (no flames necessary) shops invest in machenery instead of mastery training since they are excepting a high turnover of people due to low wages. But a machine is useless if you don't know how to properly adjust the alignment.

I would say run it for a few hundred miles and look for wear. If the cars handles well and isn't wearing unevenly, I'd say skip it.

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