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Old Jan 17, 2012 | 05:51 PM
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If your dealer can't do the alignment have them find out where you can get it done. They should pick up the cost. I find it incredible that there are still dealers selling these cars that cannot service them.
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Old Jan 17, 2012 | 06:33 PM
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Concerning my front end alignment problem, I called Chevy Customer Service three times today. No help at all. I called Hunter who makes the alignment equipment. They knew of my problem and promised to E-Mail me a list of people who can do an alignment with my wheels. Probable in the Norfolk, VA area. I may have to travel 60 or 70 miles but at least I got an answer. The adaptors that grabs the wheels rather than the lip of the wheel are new and have only been available for about 9 months. Not many service areas have this adaptor.
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Old Jan 18, 2012 | 12:17 PM
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Originally Posted by 2006c6keller
$60K piece of JUNK! I know, I have a $57K junker plus $57K 1,000s/s GM stock loss which equals $114K for the car with GM stock loss. Yet, what a pity, I bought the stock first then the Vette, got burned twice.
There are problems with the vettes,but i still love driving it,sorry about your lost in the stock.
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Old Jan 18, 2012 | 01:08 PM
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Originally Posted by Gearhead Jim
Can someone post some pics of those wheels?
RQ1 "Machine Face" wheel (Base 2011 option):


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Old Jan 18, 2012 | 04:53 PM
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Originally Posted by Turbo6TA
RQ1 "Machine Face" wheel (Base 2011 option):

Are those the base wheels, or base wheels with machine finish?

If so, unbelievable that GM is putting a factory wheel on the cars that can't be aligned using normal equipment.

Well, maybe not so unbelieveble. For 15 years they've been making Corvettes where even the dealers destroy rocker panels, when a simple puck (like BMW) would solve the problem.
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Old Jan 19, 2012 | 10:03 AM
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Originally Posted by nikic6
Concerning my front end alignment problem, I called Chevy Customer Service three times today. No help at all. I called Hunter who makes the alignment equipment. They knew of my problem and promised to E-Mail me a list of people who can do an alignment with my wheels. Probable in the Norfolk, VA area. I may have to travel 60 or 70 miles but at least I got an answer. The adaptors that grabs the wheels rather than the lip of the wheel are new and have only been available for about 9 months. Not many service areas have this adaptor.
I am glad to hear that you are working to have this concern resolved. Did you have a case number when you contacted customer service? I would like to look into this for you. Please feel free to contact me privately for more assistance. Thank you.

Tricia, Chevrolet Customer Service.
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Old Jan 19, 2012 | 12:41 PM
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Originally Posted by 2006c6keller
$60K piece of JUNK! I know, I have a $57K junker plus $57K 1,000s/s GM stock loss which equals $114K for the car with GM stock loss. Yet, what a pity, I bought the stock first then the Vette, got burned twice.
Originally Posted by dardenken
There are problems with the vettes,but i still love driving it,sorry about your lost in the stock.
Originally Posted by Chevy Cust Svc
I am glad to hear that you are working to have this concern resolved. Did you have a case number when you contacted customer service? I would like to look into this for you. Please feel free to contact me privately for more assistance. Thank you.
Tricia, Chevrolet Customer Service.
I don't think I need to contact YOU PRIVATELY, let ALL of us know what you can really do! I bet you wish you could ignore this post, but we'll just put it out for everyone to see what you can really do, I have the documentation from a top Wall Street Brokeage House to back up this transaction and tax returns. We are ALL waiting!
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