How come when you go to a national tire chain or retail store that sells tires they insist on selling a 4 wheel alignment. They make it sound as if it's "mandatory" when buying new tires. My OEM tires at 43k still look great but the winter performance is not as good as it was the previous two winters. I do not see any uneven wear and have the tire rotated every 7,500 miles or so. In fact my rotations have been done at the dealership and they never mentioned any uneven wear. (They also do alignments)
I have found a decent set of new tires at Costco - where they don't do alignments. Included is lifetime rotation and road hazard. I would prefer to buy here as they have the brand and the size I need (225 / 55R /17) which seems to be a hard to find passenger car tire (not an SUV tire).
What do people do regarding the alignment?
Oh, my previous vehicle a Saturn VUE had front end / rear wheel (wheel bearings, control arms, suspension bushings, front drive shaft, etc.) issues from day one and many parts were replaced from about 10,000 to 100,000 under warranty / extended warranty that required alignments and those were all covered under the warranty.
I have found a decent set of new tires at Costco - where they don't do alignments. Included is lifetime rotation and road hazard. I would prefer to buy here as they have the brand and the size I need (225 / 55R /17) which seems to be a hard to find passenger car tire (not an SUV tire).
What do people do regarding the alignment?
Oh, my previous vehicle a Saturn VUE had front end / rear wheel (wheel bearings, control arms, suspension bushings, front drive shaft, etc.) issues from day one and many parts were replaced from about 10,000 to 100,000 under warranty / extended warranty that required alignments and those were all covered under the warranty.