Thank you for the answers and time
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3. I'm headed down to the dealership on Saturday to have them align the car and listen to the tick along with a couple very minor other things. I'll report back on it
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4. Nah it pulls to the right and the wheel is aligned to the right. It's not much. It's not like I'm fighting it so it doesn't kill me or something but it does want to go right. A firm grip with the left hand is all that's needed. It pulls a little harder over bumps.
My guess is that it's been doing this for a while, it ate one of the front tires, and instead of doing an alignment the dealership just slapped a new tire on it.
OR...
They looked into doing an alignment, realized some serious stuff was bent and slapped a tire on it and crossed their fingers. They wrote they would do an alignment "as needed" on a sheet of paper indicating what they would do after the sale for me. I'm hoping that takes care of it.