Re: Tire Wear (Now alignment)

[Jeff W <hjr@buffnet.net>]

> >alignment 6,000 to 10,000 
> >miles

> You must be a very rich person or somebody in your family owns a shop
> Alignment for a Q is ~60 -100 $ (that is US dollars)

> I have mine checked/done at the same intervals.  BR Motorsport's 
> standard charge for the BEM Mueller alignment is GBP70, but they only 
> charge me GBP30 because they know all of the adjusters are freed up and > the car is nearly right.  It usually takes Martin less than an hour.

I agree with a yearly alignment on a quattro.  Mine needs it, and I
notice it most during winter on ice.  If not dialed in perfectly, it
tends to wander.  I always have it done when I put on the Hakka's in
December.

Mine is a early '88 model, in late '88 they switched to a 3-bolt
triangular adjuster scheme.  I assume this was done to improve the
holder  power of the alignment, but I have never heard of anyone to say
it works better.

Jeff

'88 80q