Your new car may be out of alignment
joeparaski
Posts: 1,865
So we hired someone to call customers who installed tires recently to come in and get their alignment checked for free. If the alignment is in spec, they go home with a printout, if it's not, they have the option to do the alignment at $59.95 or any other service that may be required.
You'd be surprised at how many new cars are out of alignment. I strongly recommend that anyone who buys a new or nearly new car go straight from the dealer to an independent shop to check the alignment. Don't wait, if too much time elapses, the dealer may refuse to do any work under warranty.
Some of our customers that did go back to where they purchased the car were refused to have the problem corrected under warranty, citing that the cause was from the bad roads or hitting an obstacle.
You may think that an alignment at $59.95 is not a big deal, and it's not, if it's only basic adjustments. But some cars need special shims or cam bolts that can bring the cost of an alignment up to a couple of hundred bucks or more.
Just a friendly public service announcement to the Polk family.
Joe
You'd be surprised at how many new cars are out of alignment. I strongly recommend that anyone who buys a new or nearly new car go straight from the dealer to an independent shop to check the alignment. Don't wait, if too much time elapses, the dealer may refuse to do any work under warranty.
Some of our customers that did go back to where they purchased the car were refused to have the problem corrected under warranty, citing that the cause was from the bad roads or hitting an obstacle.
You may think that an alignment at $59.95 is not a big deal, and it's not, if it's only basic adjustments. But some cars need special shims or cam bolts that can bring the cost of an alignment up to a couple of hundred bucks or more.
Just a friendly public service announcement to the Polk family.
Joe
Amplifiers: 1-SAE Mark IV, 4-SAE 2400, 1-SAE 2500, 2-SAE 2600, 1-Buttkicker BKA 1000N w/2-tactile transducers. Sources: Sony BDP CX7000es, Sony CX300/CX400/CX450/CX455, SAE 8000 tuner, Akai 4000D R2R, Technics 1100A TT, Epson 8500UB with Carada 100". Speakers:Polk SDA SRS, 3.1TL, FXi5, FXi3, 2-SVS 20-29, Yamaha, SVS center sub. Power:2-Monster HTS3500, Furman M-8D & RR16 Plus. 2-SAE 4000 X-overs, SAE 5000a noise reduction, MSB Link DAC III, MSB Powerbase, Behringer 2496, Monarchy DIP 24/96.
Comments
-
Better yet, ask the salesman to go for a "victory lap" after you sign the papers. Then pull it straight into the service bay and have the alignment checked. You now have a witness that any misalignment was not caused by you.:D
