James, these are the most sensitive cars to tire imbalance I have ever seen. I have actually put on brand new tires a couple of times and been unable to get them to balance well enough to be acceptable. And if I get a good set and cross-rotate them per the book, they quickly develop the shakes and are uncureable. Seems Michelins have the best track record for me so far, rotating only F-R without crossing.

If it pulls left that hard it may well be caster adjustment. Of course camber or rear-end toe and tracking(non-adjustable) can cause that somewhat also. Unfortunately, most shops never ever touch caster and camber adjustments, unless it's waay off; and they can't do anything about rear end toe or steer-ahead on the 126. In my experience toe does not affect steering pull too much; but what it does do is promote uneven wear on the tires, which soon translates into imbalance that cannot be cured with any dynamic rebalancing - just gotta throw the tires away. Right now I have Michelins that went 35k miles (a record) before they got worn irregularly enough to bounce at 60 MPH. Did a good rebalance and no help at all. Just gotta get new ones.

Funny, when I bought my car at 9k miles 22 years ago, I noticed some wear on the outside of the front left. after 1/4 million miles, a dozen sets of tires, numerous alignments, and rebuilding everything in the suspension/steering at least once, I still get the same wear pattern on that left front.

DG