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I am thinking of buying a 2000 Mitsubishi Shogun on a private sale, it is in good condition with 86k and service history. The current MoT has an advisory due to all four tyres beginning to wear on the...
My 2001 Audi A6 1.8T suffered a front wheel impact, which caused me to suspect the tracking may need to be checked. My local tyre dealer confirmed on his rig that the alignment was indeed out of specification,...
I had an alignment problem with a car I bought from CarGiant, which I had fixed independently, then wrote to CarGiant. The response was: “Thank you for your email and sorry that you have had to report...
My Voyager suffers from wheel wobble uneven tyre wear and noisy suspension. Is 4 wheel allignment at approx £90 worthwhile?
Just a brief line to thank you for the advice you gave me to have my steering checked by going to www.alignmycar.co.uk. I took my car to QR Sport in Cheshire who sorted out the problem in less than an...
We recently took a BMW 320D coupe company car - We have found its a lovely car in may aspects but the way it follows the tracks in the road is terrible. In some circumstances you have to fight with the...
I have a Vauxhall Astra(1.6 Petrol) and in September 2009 I had four new tyres fitted to it, along with wheel alignment, at KwikFit in Plymouth. Now I have been told that two front tyres have gone bald...
Further to the recent letter from HP in Reading, I have had similar experience with two Polos in the last few years. Both were new company cars that prematurely munched a set of front tyres in less than...
ATS, in looking for a slow puncture, identified a tyre problem where the inner tread blocks are not smooth around the tyre periphery, caused by the edges of adjacent blocks not being of the same height....
My daughter-in-law has a SEAT Ibiza Ecomotive 1.4 diesel purchased from new in September 2009. At the first service, after 8,500 careful miles, the (factory fitted) front tyres are worn almost to the legal...