Re: 5KCSTQ Questions

[Brett Dikeman <brett@pdikeman.ne.mediaone.net>]

>The car handle Much. much better -- no questions about it, but I have some
>concerns.   I had the tires balanced again after 2K miles and it was
>supposed to get rid of the shaky wheel -- it didn't happen.  This could be
>because they neglected to take it for a ride after they balanced the tires
>-- don't know.  It stil-l wiggles.  It was free, and I'll take it back to
>NTB again for another balancing this week.

Don't bother.  They trashed my 5kCST's handling.  I took the car to an
alignment shop.  If you want, take the bill back to NTB, present it to the
manager and tell them they f*cked up your car and "this is what I had to do
to get it RIGHT.  Pay for the damage you did to my car."

NTB once spent 5 HOURS trying to align one wheel.  The guy claimed it was
"so badly rusted" that he couldn't get anything to budge.  Funny, the
alignment shop didn't have a problem.  They even re-balanced all the wheels
on the car for free after I complained of highway vibrations driving the
car home.  Quieted things down very nicely.  They also did a second
alignment on the car when I noticed that the car wandered slightly to one
side.  Got it perfect; they had a problem the first time because NTB threw
the car so far out of alignment.

NTB is also responsible for the dissapearance of my 200q20v's Audi-logo
tire stem valve covers; the previous owner said he had new tires fitted and
the covers were gone when he picked up the car; he complained and NTB
claimed the car never came in with them on.  I suspect they lost them when
they put on the "premium" metal valve covers($4 apiece.)

If you're in the MA area, look up Donovan's Alignment in Waltham.  Right
near the Watch City brewpub; in fact, on the same street(WC is on a corner;
the side road goes right to Donovan's, about 1000 ft away.)  A word of
caution; 128 is a horrible highway to test the car on.  They used
sub-standard asphalt and the road has "valleys" and "channels" all over the
place from so much traffic, particularly between the Weston Hotel and Route
3.

The only thing I buy from Sears are Craftsman hand tools, and _only_ hand
tools.

Brett

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