[Nmbrsix]

Quick update:

The Box is off to the best alignment shop in Seattle, Tru Line, to determine what's up with the front suspension/alignment that's wearing the tires so aggressively on the inside edge and, once corrected, to have new front tires mounted. Also to chase down a persistent knocking noise in the LR suspension (that I figured was a bad track rod joint).

Good news: Front steering/suspension components are in good nick.

The not so great news: The shop has been trying to track down the LR suspension noise. First, the found the control arm had a bad ball joint, so that's been replaced. Didn't solve for the noise issue though. They swapped out the track rod for a new unit; no change + the old one looked fine.

Then they determined the LR strut is the source of the noise, likely due to a bad strut mount.

So...just bit the bullet and ordered 4 new Bilsteins to be installed with new strut mounts, etc.

I guess I'm just getting everything done that I'd planned to do over 12-18 months up front...much to the dismay of my ever-diminishing savings account. But I'm sure the car's going to be transformed in terms of the drive.