One of the ways to tell if your car needs an alignment is when your tire treads are wearing on the side. Another is if you notice that the steering wheel is slightly pulling, and you have to keep turning right or left to keep the car straight. So why are alignments important for the car? Well the answer is that alignments are to lengthen the life of your tires. So let us do the math. If you spend five hundred dollars or more on tires and do not get an alignment, the front tires will wear down, which will cost you more...