Alignment Re: <VV> new car for me - towing

[FrankCB at aol.com]

Ken,
    Even better is to do what I did when I took son Jim's 
"PurpleCorsaVertible" to the alignment shop.  I simply copied the appropriate pages from the Shop 
Manual and drew in arrows showing the exact nuts/bolts that had to be turned 
to do the alignment correctly.  Of course I also gave him the desired settings 
we wanted.  He said he couldn't get both front wheels at 6 deg. caster so we 
compromised on 5 degrees for each.  (Jim was into autocrossing at the time.)  
The alignment guy said it was easy once he knew just WHERE to make each 
adjustment.
    Frank "not always properly aligned" Burkhard  

In a message dated 4/14/05 10:21:08 AM Eastern Daylight Time, 
k-wildman at onu.edu writes:
What am I missing here?  What's wrong with taking the alignment specs and 
the car to an alignment shop and letting them set it to the written specs?

Make sure the tire pressures are correct and drive the car home with your 
support vehicle following.

Ken