Post your Highest Stealership Alignment Rate! LOL

[John V]

Originally Posted by boggtown

Aristocrat motors
90K mile service-$925
Oil, tranny, dif, polyrib belt, check bearings, drain clean, brakes inspect (120 to flush), filters, spark plugs,

Wow, talk about a ripoff. Yikes.

A guy at one of the local (non-Porsche) dealers does my alignments for about $100. He'll align to my specs, with me in the car. Very nice.

[Perfectlap]

The other thing was that the rep claimed my 30K mile servicing would take all day at least six hours and that I would have to leave the car meaning I would have to camp out there for the day or rent a car to get home. Ridonkulus...

Oil change 1 hour?
air and pollen filter 15 minutes?
Spark Plugs 30 minutes with a lift?

So it takes them 4 hours to do a full inspection? hmmm....

[docdyh]

Is there any reason not to get an alignment at a tire shop. I get my warrany work at the dealer but my local tire shop will do an alignment for $69.

[John V]

It all depends on the equipment and the operator.

Some tire shops won't even set camber - they only will adjust toe!

[pbanders]

Originally Posted by Perfectlap

The other thing was that the rep claimed my 30K mile servicing would take all day at least six hours and that I would have to leave the car meaning I would have to camp out there for the day or rent a car to get home. Ridonkulus...

Oil change 1 hour?
air and pollen filter 15 minutes?
Spark Plugs 30 minutes with a lift?

So it takes them 4 hours to do a full inspection? hmmm....

That's because you're not including the time for driving your car to a 2 hour lunch (shows up on your bill as an "inspection drive").

[MNBoxster]

Hi,

I just got a flyer from one of the local Dealers (Carousel Porsche/Audi). It's a Spring Sale and actually, it's not bad...

Batteries starting at $119.95 - too high

Tire for Boxster starting at $125 - not too bad for a Dealer

4-wheel alignment - $179.00 - Not out of site, but a tad high

Happy Motoring!... Jim'99

[NickCats]

I was amazed last year when I was calling around to the local dealers in the area for a quote for the 30k mile service :

Dealer 1 $850
Dealer 2 $1499
Dealer 3 $1140
Dealer 4 $920
Dealer 5 $1000
Dealer 6 $672
Dealer 7 $1200

I also asked them each what that entailed and they all read back the same list. Obviously I went with dealer #6, but I was amazed that dealer #2 wanted $1,500 for the exact same service !

Nick