Context: I drive a 15+ year old SUV, and I am no longer in the position to just replace everything should anything bad happen. So sadly I will have to buy a newer car at some point. Hopefully not anytime soon 🤞🏼🤞🏼 But, I noticed when shopping with other people that newer cars sound weird. My knowledge of car troubleshooting is little more than sounds good/sounds bad, looks good/looks bad, smells good/smells bad, feels good/feels bad.
So, how are newer cars supposed to sound?
I don’t know exactly how much life is left on them (just that they passed inspection), but I’m due for tires soon so figured might as well since it’s sometimes a hassle to schedule that.
Yeah, I cheaped out the last time I got tires and didn’t spring for the “eco” tires. Lost 2-3 MPG but was still averaging 48. The regular tires were like $200 less than the eco ones (per tire). I haven’t done the math, so I don’t know if the 2-3 MPG savings would have broke even or not. I do know they did better in the snow.