Having paid close attention to cars and pickups for more than 30 years now, one thing I've observed among a lot of people I know (my family included) is that while we always think that engine or transmission problems are the essential end of life for a vehicle, almost as often that moment of "OK, we're trading this car!" comes when the front suspension won't hold an alignment any longer, the owner has already paid a shop $1,000 for new front end parts and labor, and the car or truck STILL won't hold an alignment. A vehicle that eats up tires every few months is one that will be sold or traded very soon.
You fellows tend to have more mechanical ability than most of us laypersons who can only change the oil in a vehicle, so I want to ask: are there truly many cases where front suspension work can make a car drive smoothly and wear tires evenly just as it did when it was new? Is it hard to find a good, competent front end mechanic?
You fellows tend to have more mechanical ability than most of us laypersons who can only change the oil in a vehicle, so I want to ask: are there truly many cases where front suspension work can make a car drive smoothly and wear tires evenly just as it did when it was new? Is it hard to find a good, competent front end mechanic?