I had gotten about 4 alighnments in a period of 6 months because i could feel that it was never right, not to mention the bump steer. anyway, i eventually had them print out the measurements that their machine was reading for my car (toe, camber). I took that sheet and went down the road to Big0tires and had them scan the car and print out the sheet. Almost every number was different when comparing the 2 sheets!
So i got my alignment done at Big0 and my car was wayyyy better. No more bump steer too. I went back and told Firestone everything and they actually refunded me for the alighnment i had paid for at BigO. I had bought the Firestone alighnment package for $150 which give you unlimited alignments for the life of the vehicle.
Needless to say I haven't been back to that Firestone but I did notice that they got an entirely new alighnemnt machine. Their last one looked like it was 20 years old.
When Big0 did my car they told me they barely got the rear camber to the appropriate range and that I should look into getting rear camber bolts eventually. They also did tell me I had a tiny bit of slack in one of the front wheel bearings.
Just recently I had noticed the rear bump steer was every so slightly coming back so I took the car into a buddy of mine who is a mechanic at a dealer. He put in the rear camber bolts for me and even got both front wheel bearings replaced for me under warranty even though only one of them was a little worn (same one Big0 told me). Got an alighnment after that and everything seems to be perfect now.
