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99' Toyota Corolla Alignment Question
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jm8822
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Feb 17, 2010, 6:40 PM
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99' Toyota Corolla Alignment Question
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1999 Toyota Corolla I'm not sure what engine size it has. About 93,000 miles To preface this question I just want to say I don't know squat about cars. This is my first car and I'm not the original owner. I've only had it since this summer and my mechanic hasn't inspected it yet. Any help would be much appreciated, but you might need to use simple terms. A few weeks ago I drove home from a friend's house in the snow. The car's terrible in the snow, so there was a lot of fishtailing and spinning out, but I didn't hit anything. After that night I noticed my steering wheel felt looser and off center. Could just the spinning and sliding have messed up my alignment? Thanks!
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nickwarner
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Feb 17, 2010, 7:16 PM
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might have been the straw that broke the camel's back. Something in your front suspension is very wrong and needs immediate attention. We are talking about parts that when they break will 100% GUARANTEE you will crash or do extremely expensive damage. Park this until you get to a mechanic who knows what he's looking at and listen to his recommendations. You don't want to total your car or hurt someone because you let it go too long.
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Tom Greenleaf
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Feb 18, 2010, 9:49 AM
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jm8822: As nick said this is a real safety issue. No way just simple sliding around in ice or snow causes damage if nothing was hit. This car is NOT known bad in snow by anyone I know with them! Tires are everything for traction as they are the only thing that touches road unless you are in the habit of being upside down! With a mechanical fault it just makes the snow driving that much trickier. When fixed with good tires, practice some if not familiar in a legal wide open safe place with nothing to hit! Conditions will vary greatly from types of snow, temps and if ice under it so don't expect it to be the same all the time. Slow driving is a must in compromised traction situations, T
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