Originally Posted by
LittleredMPS
I should chip in and say that just because you have your tyres rotated and aligned on a regular basis, it doesnt mean the place you go to has done it right.
Just the other day I had to get my tyres aligned again because the car was handling very strange.
Turns out that the last alignment I had on my car, which was three weeks ago, was so far out of whack, that it almost scrubbed the inside edge of the back tyres bald in 1000km.
I talked to the tyre place about how this could happen and they were telling me that some alignment machines dont like certain wheel types, and that if the aligner isnt regularly maintained the lasers can go out of spec, showing an incorrect reading.
This could be caused by something as simple as accidentally dropping or bumping laser packs that sit on you wheel.
Before you start saying this was some backyard joint that did this crap alignment, it was actually a bridgestone select centre.
Now I find myself in the uncomfortable position of having to buy tyres one month before christmas, and having 19" rims, its going to hurt lol.