Thank you for everything you wrote. I will copy your recommendations and hold onto them. You asked if the steering righted after correction - not really. The mechanic has continued to give me the shaft on this, and all my funds were spent on the repairs, so until I can pay a different mechanic, I'm stuck with ruining my car by driving it at all. It was an alignment specialist who did the alignment - or so I was told. The guy doesn't stand behind his work, although I tried to get him to do so - he won't even recheck because his machine is perfect. Had I known this was his attitude, I would have gone to VIP - which, frankly, I will do in the future even with the problems there as at least they'll give it another go. So much for patronizing local and known repair shops. Thank you, again.