When I recently bought a new set of tyres I was offered a free alignment check which I was told showed that my wheels were out by a couple of degrees. To re-align them would be £30. Exactly the same thing happened when I last bought a set of tyres. Since I last had it checked nothing has happened to upset the alignment such as being involved in an accident, kerbing the wheels or even hitting a deep pothole. The car shows no signs of misaligned wheels; it does not drift off line on a straight level road and the previous set of tyres wore perfectly evenly. Could it be that tyre distributors are trying to increase their profits by advising customers that they need to pay for wheel alignment when it is not necessary?