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F1 autocentres do not use hunter equipment as they advertise. I think its called supertracker.
The toe in measurements are definitely in mm and not degrees. I know this following an argument about what the correct setting should be and supervising the adjustments after fetching it back to complain that the car steering centre and drifting was even worse then when I first brought it in.
In the case of my Alhambra their machines database of settings are different to manufacturers official workshop data, not vastly but still significantly. I put this down to their database only having one set of figures for a car/year with no model variations.
I also doubt the accuracy of their equipment as it has consistently shown rear geometry to be way out (on my fabia and alhambra). Three weeks later the fabia had a full alignment check on official vag factory equipment and the rear was only very slighty out, nowhere near f1's measurement
F1 also try to sell a full alignment, "because the car wont run straight without doing the rear alignment as well" only for me to point out that in both cases no rear adjustment is possible. In fact I suspect many cars only front toe is adjustable.
The alignment check is "free" with a £15 charge for each adjustment. Except to adjust toe ,steering alignment always requires 2 adjustments, track rods both sides.
In the end I got a satisfactory result, but their printer hadnt been working for weeks so I have no printed results, which is not really acceptable.
Having said all that, I do use them for tyres, and they are a reasonably friendly bunch.
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