Just had 4 wheel alignment on CTR

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As you know I've had the renowned steering rack issue with the CTR. If you're driving on a road with a long sweeping bend the car just wants to continue turning, the wheels don't centralise after the bend. The steering wheel kinda sticks and you have to yank it to get it to straighten backup. I took the car to Honda on Saturday where a so called technician test drove the car and said there was nothing wrong with it. I provided them with reams of information about other owners with the same problems but they flatly refused to acknowledge that it was a problem and said that I'd have to pay £75 to have the geometry reset. To add insult to injury they then took 2 days to do the tracking (a 20 minute job?) and they insisted that I pay £20 for courtesy car insurance cover!
Begrudgingly I had it done but asked them to provide me with the before and after settings (see below)

Now I'm not an expert at reading these diagrams but it looks to me that the front wheels are prefectly aligned apart from the passenger side one which is fractionally outside of the recommended setting, surely that wouldn't cause the sort of problems I've been experiencing.

Anyone with more knowledge of geometry care to take a look and comment?

Before


After
 
Well I've just been for a quick drive in it and it does seem a little better. The steering wheel isn't sticky but it still doesn't centralise properly IMO.

I think I need to go for a proper drive at the weekend on different roads to test it properly.
 
It seems more noticable on long sweeping bends. When the road straightens the steering wheel doesn't, it wants to stay turning.
 
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