re: Anyone gotten a lifetime alignment from Firestone and would you recommend it?

I got one with my last truck (Tacoma) but the place I bought it from sucked arse.....they screwed up the alignment twice so I took it to another Firestone and they did it right.

I'd recommend you find a competent Firestone to do your business with FIRST.

Alignments may be the most oversold thing in the history of automobiles, and that's saying something.

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"setting the toe and letting it go". No caster or camber adjustments .

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No doubt that's what many will do.
Best thing to do is to find a quality shop that has alignment equipment (Hunter, Atlas) that will print the results before and after the adjustments are made. The printout should have the VIN or license plate with mileage on it so you are not getting some generic form the sales guy pulled out from under his desk.

Have you SEEN the roads we drive on in Louisiana?!

I had driven my car for 15 years, never had go get an alignment

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alignment

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is this still a thing?

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Yes, aligning tires is still a thing. Crazy, I know

Absolutely, assuming you have a good firestone.

I've done it at least 20 times between oil changes, new tires, etc.

They key is finding a firestone you believe is trustworthy, and pay attenion to any management changes, etc.

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Absolutely, assuming you have a good firestone.

I've done it at least 20 times between oil changes, new tires, etc.

They key is finding a firestone you believe is trustworthy, and pay attenion to any management changes, etc.

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I'm still relatively new to this firestone. I've only needed about 2 years worth of tire patches and oil changes from them (so maybe 6-8 low maintenance visits). But just today our administrative assistant called them about maintenance on her car and they turned her away because she's still under warranty from her dealership. So I'd have to think saving a customer money by deliberately taking business away from yourself has to be a good sign.

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is this still a thing? haven't needed an alignment this century

ETA: in fact, I can't recall the last time I've gotten one, rotate every 3k though

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People are downvoting you to hell but in general, you are correct. Routine alignments have basically gone the way of 3k oil changes with most modern cars. My Lexus ES travel car has over 400k on it and not a single alignment and the tire wear is still as even as one can expect. It is the only car I rotate the tires on because the rest of our vehicles have asymmetrical sizes and are directional tires. I only rotate the ES's tires once in their life to balance front and rear wear on a FWD car. The Lexus sees everything from perfect interstate asphalt to horribly chunked and heeved pavement in the NE and Midwest.

This doesn't mean alignments are never needed after accidents, suspension work or if you like to hit Volkswagen eating potholes at 80mph but if you keep a close eye on tire wear and can actually read the wear on a tire the majority of the time the service writer is suggesting one it is wasted money.

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People are downvoting you to hell but in general, you are correct. Routine alignments have basically gone the way of 3k oil changes with most modern cars. My Lexus ES travel car has over 400k on it and not a single alignment and the tire wear is still as even as one can expect. It is the only car I rotate the tires on because the rest of our vehicles have asymmetrical sizes and are directional tires. I only rotate the ES's tires once in their life to balance front and rear wear on a FWD car. The Lexus sees everything from perfect interstate asphalt to horribly chunked and heeved pavement in the NE and Midwest.

This doesn't mean alignments are never needed after accidents, suspension work or if you like to hit Volkswagen eating potholes at 80mph but if you keep a close eye on tire wear and can actually read the wear on a tire the majority of the time the service writer is suggesting one it is wasted money.

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Good info. My car is a 2008 equinox (a real panty dropper I know). So at a decade old I wouldn't quite consider it a modern car. I still get the oil changed every 3000 miles though.