Just Got Them

[Teddy]

hi all,

just got 4 TOYO PRoXES TIS 215/45/17s fitted for 500EUR including fitting,balancing, tracking but still the car's ***** want to dance ballet at 80MPH. It keeps drifting to the right all the time.

The nearest Lexus was 20 miles away and was ina rush so had to get the local garage to fit.

Can it be an alignment problem or a steering problem. It's terrifying.

help

[Matthew_McNally]

sounds like your alignment mate.

whats the mileage?

[Teddy]

have done 41K. Will have to check it in next week at Croydon then. Scary though.

[vince-com]

Bonjour Teddy

Where have you been to have 4 Toyos for 500 Euros ?

@d'taleur

[Matthew_McNally]

have done 41K. Will have to check it in next week at Croydon then. Scary though.

Thought alignment was checked every 20k service?

Surely that should have been picked up then?

Unless its been thrown wildly out lately.

[Teddy]

Bonjour Teddy

Where have you been to have 4 Toyos for 500 Euros ?

@d'taleur

Bonsoir old boy,

It was in Trier mate. Went to Lexus Bitbourg, but the bloke told me there's nothing wrong with my car, when it was blinding obvious.

Got to shoot off now cos me parking ticket has run out. Just got one for 24 Eur. Back in the UK tomorrow.

[Teddy]

have done 41K. Will have to check it in  next week at Croydon then. Scary though.

Thought alignment was checked every 20k service?

Surely that should have been picked up then?

Unless its been thrown wildly out lately.

got me car at 25K and did a service 8K ago but not with Lexus. It was a Jap "specialist" co.

[Matthew_McNally]

got me car at 25K and did a service 8K ago but not with Lexus. It was a Jap "specialist" co.

ah

go get the alignment checked then - Lexus Chester did the alignment CHECK for free (as part of the 20k service) - but I had to pay for the subsequent re-alignment that the check revealed was necessary.

[Teddy]

spoke to Lexus in Grove Park today and they were asking for 211 quid for the alignment. Is that normal? I am not even sure if the quote is net of VAT.

[Matthew_McNally]

spoke to Lexus in Grove Park today and they were asking for 211 quid for the alignment. Is that normal? I am not even sure if the quote is net of VAT.

EH?

thats way too much.

I should have paid £95 for mine - but this was nicely discounted to quite a lot less (can't remember how much though).

Tell them you only want to use the machine, not buy it

[Teddy]

I don,t want to put their name in the NAME and SHAME column but they really take the biscuit. They don,t even offer LOC discount.

Got a bit of time to "shop" around other Lexus garages whilst my cracked bumper is being repaired.

I mate of mine knows a brilliant garage in Ilford where he used to align his beemer. But I really want to use Lexus to align but 211 quid?