u/stickymuscle

Alright y’all can I vent.
Next month will be 2 years with my i4. I just had my first biannual check up. I need new tires and an alignment 😒. The bmw service advisor just told me they strongly recommend doing an alignment every year for their cars, then proceeded to say the alignment is $600.
I don’t know much about cars, but I am having a hard time wrapping my head around that. Why is it that I never needed one with my Camry, focus, and civic? At least within 2 years of purchase. I would get the alignment checked after new tires, but it always came out good. Only once did my civic get adjusted within my 10 years of owning it.
Is this a luxury car thing? Or an ev thing? Is the alignment replacing the oil change lol 😩