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Unread 04-19-2014, 09:30 PM   #1
Rich Z
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Thumbs up McGee Auto Service & Tires - Tallahassee, FL

A little while back I had the C6Z up on my lift and while poking around underneath, I noticed that the threads were showing on the inside edges of both of the front tires. I had an alignment done not too awfully long ago, and afterwards I really wasn't very happy with the way the car was driving. Steering seeming loose and vague, with the car wanting to drift first one way and then the other. Obviously the wear I was seeing was pointing to the alignment not being what it should have been.

I asked around and got a name of the guy up in Thomasville who I think did the alignment on my C5Z, and that car feels just rock solid on the road. But never did get around to contacting him. Can't really say that I am all that thrilled about going up into Thomasville anyway, as the place has some bad memories attached to it now.

Anyway, I went and ordered two front tires from TireRack, and they got here basically overnight, which was pretty astounding. So I contacted Scott at McGee Auto about installing the tires, and talked to him about doing an alignment on the car as well. So we threw the tires into the back of Connie's truck and headed up to McGee's one morning.

Long story short is that the alignment feels *perfect*. We took the car on a drive down to St. George Island afterwards, and I swear it felt like I could steer the car with just one finger on the steering wheel. The car handled like a dream and instead of fighting the steering wheel, it almost felt like the car was anticipating the road direction changes. I believe the guy who did the alignment is named "Toby", and he certainly did a bang up job with that alignment for me.

So, I want to take Connie's C6 coupe in to have that car aligned as well, as the alignment on it is definitely out of whack. Connie doesn't like driving it too much because it wears her out fighting to keep the car from drifting to the right constantly. So hopefully Toby will straighten this out as well.

Anyway, if anyone near by to Tallahassee is looking for a GOOD wheel alignment, I think McGee would be worthwhile taking your car to. They seem to know what they are doing over there in that department.
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