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Interesting :^) I've got the car in for service tommorrow, so I'll have a word with Caroline and maybe get them to do it at the same time.... Thanks for the info!

well, that's what I thought. I appreciate that the rear camber could be time consuming, but it's only one wheel. They were saying that by adjusting the camber they might affect the alignment, and vice versa, hence I had to pay for the lot. Whilst that *might* be true I'm just not quite convinced - if I'd have asked for alignment only, are they saying that I might leave with worse camber than when I arrived? someone put me straight if I'm wrong, I just don't want to be taken for a mug just because I'm not a mechanic. I'm quite happy to pay for the work if needs be, but the way they dealt with me made me a bit suspicious.

no - it was from a local independent...

Hey all, As this is my first post (yey) here's a two-line summary: I've just bought a 4 year old IS200, only 25k miles. So I'm now servicing, MOT'ing, fitting two tyres and some brake pads. ($ = ouch) Anyways, I notice that the old tyres had uneven wear, so I had an alignment check. (For those who care - the result is that the front nearside is .2mm outside of alignment tolerance and the rear offside is 0.3deg outside camber) To sort this out I was quoted £138, as "this particular model is a bit awkward, sir". Is this quote normal, and/or is the IS200 particularly tricky? Is there anywhere in Cambridge I could get it done cheaper? I'm not particularly bothered that the result should be spot on, within tolerance will do me as my average mileage is 6k a year. Thanks for your help!