Short version:  Would my wife's 1990 Beretta be driveable with 11/32" of
rear toe?

Long version:

Back in December I changed outer tierods and balljoints, had Crappy Tire
do an alignment.  Also got two new front tires at that time.  A couple
weeks ago one axle (original from 1990) started clicking, so I decided
to throw a rebuilt axle and two new struts on it.  This morning I took
it back to Crappy Tire for alignment #2.

I just got off the phone with the tech who told me the car has 11/32 of
rear toe on one side.  Back in December, the car had +1/16" on the rear
left and -1/16" on the right rear.  He needs to shim the backing plate
to line it up, and that would be another $120 or so.  I told him I
thought that was a load of hooey - because of the fact the car was
aligned 4 months ago by the same machine at the same shop and the car
was tracking JUST FINE last week before I did the struts and axle.

I know it's a 16 year old car, but something smells fishy to me.  I
can't believe the rear end/axle/body has twisted THAT much in 4 months
when it survived 15 1/2 years and never changed.  Heck, the previous
alignment was the first one done in 7 years or so since the last time I
did the balljoints.

They're going to align the front and leave it - but I'm feeling like I'm
being setup for a ripoff or something.  I've been servicing that car
since 1997 when I met my wife and have replaced pretty much everything
on it so it's not like I'm not unfamiliar with the car.  Grr..

Hell, I'm bringing my homemade toe checking boards to the store when I
go to pick it up - I may not be any good at setting toe, but if there's
that much toe I should be able to SEE it... and like I said, the car was
driving FINE - I brought it in for an alignment because of the new
struts.  If it wasn't aligned 4 months ago I'd believe that the rear
needs shims, but at this point I'm perplexed and pissed.

Thoughts?  (other than to use it as an excuse to get rid of it and get a
real RWD car?)

In case anyone cares, here's what the final specs were on the old alignment:
Front:
L Caster: +1.8 deg (min 0.4 max 1.9)
R Caster: +1.6
L Camber: +.1 deg (min 0 max is 1.3)
R Camber: +.1
L Toe: -1/32" (min -1/32" max 1/32")
R Toe: +1/32"
Total Toe: 0 (min -3/32" max 3/32")
Rear:
L Camber: -.5 deg (min -.9 max .4)
R Camber: -.7 deg (min -.9 max .4)
L Toe: 1/16" (min 0 max 1/8)
R Toe: -1/16" (min 0 max 1/8)
Total: 1/32 (min 1/32 max 9/32)
(I just noticed that the rear toe was already 1/16" in past spec... and
now I'm annoyed they didn't say anything last time.)

Sigh.  Maybe I can buy an alignment machine on ebay.

On a side note -> if you ever need to change the TH125 valve body gasket
after changing the TCC solenoid, it's easier with the axle out.  I
couldn't even get the cover all the way off before so I had to reuse the
old gasket and it's been seeping ever since.  It's now fixed. :)

Ray