6th Jul 2010, 16:29

I hit a boulder dead on with my '89 Toyota Tercel. I was doing about 45 mph and caught it square with the left front wheel. It bent the rim, it hit so hard, but guess what; you could STILL let go of the wheel and it would go perfectly straight down the road. Had that been a Cavalier or an Escort, I'd have been calling a tow truck for sure.

7th Jul 2010, 15:52

Funny since once he had an alignment done it tracked straight just fine. And by the way, after all of that, it wouldn't have surprised me if the frame was bent. But it wasn't.

25th Sep 2010, 11:20

I just went with a friend to get tires and an alignment on his 2009 Corolla with 42,000 miles. He was told that the car could not be aligned because the frame had sagged. It was bought new and has never been in an accident. I had the exact same issue with one of my Japanese cars. Obviously the frame members are very flimsy on these cars.