How Frustrating !!,
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From: Boynton Beach, Plano FL, TX
The manufacturers are very funny about tires... Sometime it seems to make no sense, but they have some method to their madness!
Oh, my wife's brand new Acura TL without Navigation came with you guessed it, Bridgestones !!! LOL.... I took a look on the lot and the New 2012's with Navi still get the Michelins!!!!
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From: Ft. Worth Texas
With every car or truck that i have bought from my Chevy dealer which includes three vettes, my salesman which is the same guy each time, has told me to wait 500 miles to bring it in if it pulls one way or the other. This is because the suspension gets more or less broken in and a better alignment can be done.
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From: Boynton Beach, Plano FL, TX
I know some people misread road crowns, ruts etc... I do know better... The road right by my house is flat in the middle and it's where I test to make sure it's not the road. Plus my other 3 cars plus my Corvette trade track strait on the same roads. Heck, when I was a dealer I went on 100's of rides with customers to verify exactly that!!! The tell all is on I95 by my house, it's freshly paved and its heavily crowned, cars fall off to the right on the right 2lanes fall to the left on the left lane and will track straight on the second lane from the left... This car pulls strongly on the right walks in middle and goes strait in the left lane a sure tell that it's off....
On my wife's car when it needed alignment at first the writer told her it's supposed to walk right in case you fall asleep while driving (really he said that to her) got to love those guys!!!!
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From: Boynton Beach, Plano FL, TX
With every car or truck that i have bought from my Chevy dealer which includes three vettes, my salesman which is the same guy each time, has told me to wait 500 miles to bring it in if it pulls one way or the other. This is because the suspension gets more or less broken in and a better alignment can be done.
Alignment and balance are set when the car is produced... A car that vibrates or pulls has one of few things wrong... Bad tire(s) or something is off in the settings or of course wheel weight may have fallen off..."settling" is not going to correct a problem... Thats of course assuming it wasnt damaged in transit. After 30 plus years I got a say that's a new one on me.... But I guess you never know ....
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From: Lakewood Ranch, FL
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From: Lakewood Ranch, FL
I appreciate your input, but it's a mild pull... I just didnt know if it was an alignment issue or the tire?
I know some people misread road crowns, ruts etc... I do know better... The road right by my house is flat in the middle and it's where I test to make sure it's not the road. Plus my other 3 cars plus my Corvette trade track strait on the same roads. Heck, when I was a dealer I went on 100's of rides with customers to verify exactly that!!! The tell all is on I95 by my house, it's freshly paved and its heavily crowned, cars fall off to the right on the right 2lanes fall to the left on the left lane and will track straight on the second lane from the left... This car pulls strongly on the right walks in middle and goes strait in the left lane a sure tell that it's off....
On my wife's car when it needed alignment at first the writer told her it's supposed to walk right in case you fall asleep while driving (really he said that to her) got to love those guys!!!!
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I know some people misread road crowns, ruts etc... I do know better... The road right by my house is flat in the middle and it's where I test to make sure it's not the road. Plus my other 3 cars plus my Corvette trade track strait on the same roads. Heck, when I was a dealer I went on 100's of rides with customers to verify exactly that!!! The tell all is on I95 by my house, it's freshly paved and its heavily crowned, cars fall off to the right on the right 2lanes fall to the left on the left lane and will track straight on the second lane from the left... This car pulls strongly on the right walks in middle and goes strait in the left lane a sure tell that it's off....
On my wife's car when it needed alignment at first the writer told her it's supposed to walk right in case you fall asleep while driving (really he said that to her) got to love those guys!!!!
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