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15k alignment and balance recommendation ??? Posted by Mike Lynch [Email] ![]() ![]() In Reply to: Re: 30k service, SAABService, Mon, 21 Mar 2005 06:16:58 Members do not see ads below this line. - Help Keep This Site Online - Signup |
"It won't hurt you to get an alignment". The best paid mechanic I've ever met had some pretty solid reasons to recommend an $80 alignment every so often. Let's see, if you get 40k out of your P6 Pirellis you'll spend an extra $160 on alignments. If you also rotate every 5k at $20 a pop that'd be another $140 in tire rotations. And how much more to balance? So that's $300 to add how much tire life?
Actually as far as tire life a rotation ultimately does nothing but distribute the wear, it doesn't make the total wear any longer. The alignment and balance recommendation, without a customer complaint, well...
I guess what I'm trying to say is that a flat 15k alignment and balance recommendation is overselling in the service drive IMO. These folks need to trust you, don't over do it. What's next, the oil flush?
It's my understanding that the "main" service on a 9-3SS is triggered by the odometer at precisely 30k, without regard to the algorithm that the oil life monitor uses to recommend the intermediate service.
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