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New tires on 98 Accord LX - Do I need an alignment?
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Re: New tires on 98 Accord LX - Do I need an alignment? -
02-21-2006
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They did not refer me to any specific shop. There are no auto repair shops near this Costco location. There is no vibration in the steering wheel at all, car drives stratight as an arrow and the wear on the old tires looked normal. |
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They did not refer me to any specific shop. There are no auto repair shops near this Costco location. There is no vibration in the steering wheel at all, car drives stratight as an arrow and the wear on the old tires looked normal. |
skip the alignment. id chalk the talk up to an overeager young tire
monkey trying to sound more knowledgeable than he really is. he probably
drives a mustang that needs an alignment every year
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In article <1140409226.138559.265550 (AT) g43g2000cwa (DOT) googlegroups.com>, Ark321 (AT) juno (DOT) com says... I bought 4 new BF Goodrich tires for my 98 Accord LX 5-speed with 75,000 miles. The cars is very quiet now and very smooth. The guys at Costco told me to get an alignment and they implied it would protect my tire warranty. They said get an alignment every year. I think I have had one alignment since new. I am wondering if I really need one. There is zero vibration or shimmy in the steering wheel. If I take my hands off the wheel, (hold them an inch away from the wheel & when no cars are around) the cars drives totally straight and the wheel do not vibrate or anything. The tires have a 60,000 mile warranty, 500 rating and Costco provides free rotation, road hazard the works. sounds odd to me. Costco doesn't do alignments, so it's not like they are trying to sell you an unecessary service to make more money. Did they refer you to specific shop? Maybe they are getting a kick back? Unless you are getting abnormal wear of your tires or the car is pulling to one side, you don't need to get an alignment. -------------- Alex |
my Acura once and they told me I should get an alignment prior to ever
seeing the car. I think it is probably a safe assumption that the vast
majority of cars need an alignment by the time they need tires.
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On 2/20/06 12:48 PM, in article dtd2t5$jan$8 (AT) newsmaster (DOT) cc.columbia.edu, "Alex Rodriguez" <adr5 (AT) columbia (DOT) edu> wrote: In article <1140409226.138559.265550 (AT) g43g2000cwa (DOT) googlegroups.com>, Ark321 (AT) juno (DOT) com says... I bought 4 new BF Goodrich tires for my 98 Accord LX 5-speed with 75,000 miles. The cars is very quiet now and very smooth. The guys at Costco told me to get an alignment and they implied it would protect my tire warranty. They said get an alignment every year. I think I have had one alignment since new. I am wondering if I really need one. There is zero vibration or shimmy in the steering wheel. If I take my hands off the wheel, (hold them an inch away from the wheel & when no cars are around) the cars drives totally straight and the wheel do not vibrate or anything. The tires have a 60,000 mile warranty, 500 rating and Costco provides free rotation, road hazard the works. sounds odd to me. Costco doesn't do alignments, so it's not like they are trying to sell you an unecessary service to make more money. Did they refer you to specific shop? Maybe they are getting a kick back? Unless you are getting abnormal wear of your tires or the car is pulling to one side, you don't need to get an alignment. -------------- Alex I think it must be part of Costco's normal advice. I bought tires there for my Acura once and they told me I should get an alignment prior to ever seeing the car. I think it is probably a safe assumption that the vast majority of cars need an alignment by the time they need tires. |
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As much as I hate to admit it Costco is right. An alignment is to tell you and the tire seller that your car is within specs and should not wear the tires prematurely. |
set of tires wore evenly across the tread, there is no reason to believe you
need to get an alignment just because you bought new tires. It is a waste of
time and money.
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If in 15000 miles you notice the tires have wear on the inside edge and are now considered unsafe, then the seller may say too bad. |
defective tire.
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OTOH, if you can prove your car didn't wear out the tires, then your challenging the tire manufactures mileage warranty. |
except that the car was properly aligned when you left the garage. You could
hit a pothole that throws your car out of alignment on the way home for the
mechanics.
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Firestone offers a lifetime alignment, and using this I have seen several customers get new tires at 20000 miles because the tires were suppose to last 40000 AND because they were in every 6 month or so keeping up on the alignment the ball was in there court (so to say) |
because the wear is uneven. So getting your alignment checked regularly
is not necessary. The lifetime alignment is used by some places to try to
sell you more services. When you bring your car in to get checked, they
always find something else that needs attention.
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Alex
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I think it must be part of Costco's normal advice. I bought tires there for my Acura once and they told me I should get an alignment prior to ever seeing the car. I think it is probably a safe assumption that the vast majority of cars need an alignment by the time they need tires. |
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In article <C020872A.EFF78%epmeyer50 (AT) msn (DOT) com>, epmeyer50 (AT) msn (DOT) com says... I think it must be part of Costco's normal advice. I bought tires there for my Acura once and they told me I should get an alignment prior to ever seeing the car. I think it is probably a safe assumption that the vast majority of cars need an alignment by the time they need tires. Not true. I've owned cars that didn't need an alignment until suspension parts were changed. -------------- Alex |
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In article <dFyKf.46768$id5.13445 (AT) bgtnsc04-news (DOT) ops.worldnet.att.net>, hansensw (AT) hotmail (DOT) com says... As much as I hate to admit it Costco is right. An alignment is to tell you and the tire seller that your car is within specs and should not wear the tires prematurely. No they are not. Cars don't spontanteously go out of alignment. If your prior set of tires wore evenly across the tread, there is no reason to believe you need to get an alignment just because you bought new tires. It is a waste of time and money. If in 15000 miles you notice the tires have wear on the inside edge and are now considered unsafe, then the seller may say too bad. As it should be since uneven wear is usually caused by something other than a defective tire. OTOH, if you can prove your car didn't wear out the tires, then your challenging the tire manufactures mileage warranty. If you get an alignment when you buy the new tires, it doesn't prove anything except that the car was properly aligned when you left the garage. You could hit a pothole that throws your car out of alignment on the way home for the mechanics. Firestone offers a lifetime alignment, and using this I have seen several customers get new tires at 20000 miles because the tires were suppose to last 40000 AND because they were in every 6 month or so keeping up on the alignment the ball was in there court (so to say) Tires that wear out prematurely becuase of poor alignment are easy to spot because the wear is uneven. So getting your alignment checked regularly is not necessary. The lifetime alignment is used by some places to try to sell you more services. When you bring your car in to get checked, they always find something else that needs attention. ------------ Alex |
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BTW - is anyone here able to get more than 25,000 miles on a set of tires? I did once on a new 1984 VW Scirocco with excellent (French) Uniroyal HRs. |
you get at discount auto stores. These were Goodyear Eagle NCT's on a
Dodge Omni GLH Turbo. I got right around 40k miles out of the tires. I think
the long life is attributable to a light weight car, (~2200lbs) on relatively
wide (195mm) tires.
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Alex
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You miss the point... This alignment isn't about the car its about the tires. |
properly, which is dangerous.
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The alignment is suggested to VALIDATE the tire warranty.. If you say "NO" then the mileage warranty is Void; the same as if you decline the extended warranty on something you buy. |
I never buy tires because of a wear warranty. Those types of tires tend to be
poor performers. So it is a non-issue for me.
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