so if you remember, several weeks ago i had noticed my alignment seemed a bit off: in order to drive perfectly straight, i had to keep the steering wheel a few degrees right of center.

well 2 weeks ago, i had the alignment checked by BMW of San Diego and sure enough, there was a problem with the rear wheels.

Anyway, now, 2 weeks later, the alignemnt is out AGAIN!! and same as before: the wheel must be a few degrees right of center in order to go perfectly straight.

How can this be?!?!?! I'm concerned that the prior owner may have wrecked the car and that this information was not revealed to me when I inquired. Could this be?

On a more practical matter, my concern right now is that on Friday I just installed a brand new set of Michellins all around and I don't want them to start wearing incorrectly, and 1,000 fresh miles have already been put on them.

Thank you,

--Marc

 

Yea know i had this same problem on my e46 M3 alignment would go off after a couple weeks/months - never in an accident either, do a carfax report on your car and make sure id youd like, but i just learned to live with the problem and on saturday i traded the car in for 996TT which im just about to leave my house to go pick up

 

that is outrageous. this cannnot be a "normal" thing, if only because of the excessive and incorrect resultant tire wear.

well tomorrow i'll see what bmw sd tells me

 

Have them check the rear trail arm bushings...Alot of e46's wear these bushings out every 30-40k miles.

 

if it was in an accident, the alignment would probably be out period, and unable to be corrected.