help! A4Q alignment nightmare

[Thai Tjen <thai@tiac.net>]

is it really true that only audi dealers have the proprietary
alignment machine made by hunter to align the A4, A6 and A8?

i made a big mistake by bringing my wife's A4Q avant to the
local dealer (where we bought and service the car regularly)
to have the alignment checked a month ago. it seemed to be
slightly pulling to the right.

ever since that visit, the steering has become significantly
worse. i went back 2 weeks ago to re-align it. true enough,
apparently the first time they aligned it, the mechanic screwed
it up big time. or at least that's what i've been told.

since the 2nd alignment, the car is slightly better. but it's
still pulls to the right. this past friday, i went back there
to have it realigned, only to be politely told  that "yes,
it's pulling slightly to the right, but the numbers are
within the specs; it's not going to affect your tire wear;
most people wouldn't notice it; blah blah". what does that
supposed to mean? tire wear isn't my concern here.

the people that i trust to do my tire+wheel alignment (ie: direct
tire) attempted to help me as much as they can, but they don't
have the machine nor the software.

so it looks like i have to hunt for an audi dealer that knows
how to align these cars.

anybody else has this problem?

any recommendation on a massachusetts audi dealer (based on
personal experience with aligning your A4) that i can go to?
i called Auto Bon in cambridge and they told me that they'd
"send out" my car for alignment (they didn't elaborate).
i feel like playing a russian roulette here. it's very
infuriating to own a high-tech machinery that the local dealers
can't support.

thanks in advance.

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Thai Tjen
thai@tiac.net