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Old Mar 29, 2017 | 06:46 AM
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Default Do I need alignment?

Apologies if this is seems like a dumb q, but this car is the first I've owned so I don't know much about them...

I wanted to get experienced opinions on alignment:
1) How do you judge how often you have it done?
2) How often do you have it done?
3) Can a diagnostic be done to see an alignment needs to be done?
4) Other details welcome!

Driving background:
I got my car in October, drove on the 19' summers through to the end-ish of November, then put on the 18' winters. Did NOT have alignment done then.

Since then I mostly drive in the city (daily commute is 23km // 14 miles in total) + errands + 2 road trips. I'm at +7000km // 4350 miles.

I've hit 2 potholes at about 40km/h that I was like "F*ck", but they weren't huge. I don't know how else to describe it haha. The rest are typical crappy Toronto downtown roads.
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Old Mar 29, 2017 | 10:23 AM
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Originally Posted by munsabin
Apologies if this is seems like a dumb q, but this car is the first I've owned so I don't know much about them...

I wanted to get experienced opinions on alignment:
1) How do you judge how often you have it done?
2) How often do you have it done?
3) Can a diagnostic be done to see an alignment needs to be done?
4) Other details welcome!

Driving background:
I got my car in October, drove on the 19' summers through to the end-ish of November, then put on the 18' winters. Did NOT have alignment done then.

Since then I mostly drive in the city (daily commute is 23km // 14 miles in total) + errands + 2 road trips. I'm at +7000km // 4350 miles.

I've hit 2 potholes at about 40km/h that I was like "F*ck", but they weren't huge. I don't know how else to describe it haha. The rest are typical crappy Toronto downtown roads.
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