Back in January I bought an '03 Focus TDCI with 53K on the clock. Since then I've had to get the wheel alignment done six times. The car's predecessor, an '02 Mondeo TDCI, behaved inmpeccably (until the wall hit it). I'm not a boy racer. Each time it's fixed, within days I feel the familiar sluggishness, scuffling (or whatever the word is) and bad handling. I have a suspicion that something occurs when I'm manoevering with a full lock in reverse. Of course, it's using extra rubber and diesel too.
Can anyone offer any insight into WTF is going on? I'm not an expert BTW so layman's language would be appreciated.
It's confined to light local use for the time being.
TIA