At 06:16 PM 11/7/95 -0600, Alex Munro wrote:
>>In a message dated 95-11-06 19:19:33 EST, you write:
>>
>>>  I am new
>>>to my area so I asked at the local import Parts store where to get a good
>>>alignment at a reasonable price. 
>>
>>I'm over in St. Louis (not TOO far from Carbondale), and I've had great
>>service from a Firestone dealer.  I'm always charged the same rate as
>>everyone else, they have great equipment, and they always do a great job.
>> They actually like to see me come in, because they can align both the front
>>and rear, which makes it easier for them (so they say, anyway).
>>
>>Good luck!
>>
>>Cliff
>>
>>'88 Vanagon GL
>>
>
>I've had similar luck at my local Les Schwabb.  When we got our bus it
>wasn't fun to drive on bridge decks or grooved pavement, crosswinds, past
>trucks, you know...
>
>  The 4 wheel alignment was $24.00, and the guy showed me the numbers and
>said the he loved working on it because it was the most "alignable" car he'd
>worked on.  Apparently he wasn't kidding because it goes straight down the
>worst of roads hands off.  We've put over 50,000 miles on those tires and
>they still look new.
>
>
>
Thanx Cliff... I did take the Super to the local goodyear place and got the
alignment for $25.  They treated me as a human and not some kind of idiot or
freak because I own/drive an air-cooled VW. 

Peter DePaoli
Carbondale,IL
'71 Westy
'73 Super Beetle