Tire question..
Daughter in law lives in PA and needs a tire replaced. Dealer says that Firestone stopped making that model. Says that since it's an all wheel drive vehicle, she should replace all 4 rather than having a non matching replacement. Says that the car won't drive properly.
I'm completely non auto mechanically inclined. Are we being BS'd?
I'm completely non auto mechanically inclined. Are we being BS'd?
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My Older Jeep. Got into an accident and it took out my right rear tire. Insurance wanted to just replace that tire, told them no do both.
Jeep was a bear to drive after that. Come to find out the rim was bent.
So I replaced all the rims. Thing was still a bear to drive all over the road. Got to looking at it they put both new tires on one side and both old on the other. After they matched up axles it was much nicer to drive.0 -
AWD 'engaged ALL the time'? Talk about Dodo bird technology!
Isn't that going backwards in time about 35 years or so? I was still fairly young back then, but if you wanted all wheels driving, your choices were full time or part time 4WD. And if you chose full time, you knew 2 things; poor MPG and (unless you were very lucky) the drive train was going to need work much sooner than a part time 4WD.
Since fuel economy is such a big thing now, and driving all 4 wheels just takes more gas than driving 2, I assumed the AWDs were only 'on' when they needed to be. Anti lock braking in reverse - Surely the technology is out there for that.
Oh well, learn something new every day.
The more things change, the more they stay the same - I guess.0
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