Today's checklist: New Conti SportContact3 tires mounted, a four wheel alignment and two suprises.
10-14-2008, 05:09 PM
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I didn't get the printouts. I asked for them after the job was done but they didn't save them after
they took the car off of the alignment machine. The mechanic said the toe was well out of spec on all four corners.
10-14-2008, 05:11 PM
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Not to mention well over an hour cruising around Eastern MA in his sweet A6 4.2 with an....
RS6 Sound Enhanced exhaust that just rocks and Star Wars Episode II Attack of the Clones playing on the RSN-E screen. =)))
10-15-2008, 09:49 AM
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"Well out of spec" is consistant with the tread wear evident. The numbers don't matter much,....
with the tech's statement, that is sufficient to conclude the cause for the wear is now resolved. Thanks for the follow-up!
10-16-2008, 08:48 AM
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Once a month would be overkill IMO. I rotate every 5K miles -- easy to remember because that's when
I do my oil changes. If I miss the rotation by a couple hundred miles, no biggie. I buy my tires at Discount Tire, so I take advantage of their free balancing and rotations (most tire shops offer this). Easy enough to rotate myself, but I like to get the wheels rebalanced with each rotation. They are the only tire shop in my area I trust to touch my wheels -- never had a problem with them scratching or gouging the wheels like other shops, and they take care in properly putting the lug bolts back on and torquing by hand.
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