The Cost of Tires: A Guide to Affordable Options

If you're looking for affordable tires that won't break the bank, Consumer Reports has got you covered. With prices under $100 each, it's easy to find great deals on quality tires. However, what's the least expensive way to get new tires? According to Mike, sticking with what Gene Peterson and Ryan said is the best approach. "I would just stick with what they said," Mike says. "I would get four new tires and just start fresh." This approach is straightforward and cost-effective.

Mike explains that swapping out only a set of Dunlop tires may not be the most efficient way to save money. Instead, he recommends getting four new tires and putting them on the car immediately. If you're looking for an even better deal, Mike suggests buying used cars, but warns that this can come with its own set of challenges. "You have to carefully inspect a used car," Mike says. "And one notion that's built into his question is that he wants to put new tires on the front axle." However, Mike emphasizes that it's always best to put two new tires on the rear axle, even if it's a front-wheel drive car.

The reason for this approach is simple: if you have two new tires only, you'll get understeer, which is easier to control than an oversteer. "You're already spending money on alignment," Mike says. "So you might as well spend the extra $200 or so and just put all four new tires on the car." This approach ensures that your car will be running smoothly and safely, even in wet conditions.

Consumer Reports also recommends using a battery maintainer to keep the battery healthy while it's stored for an extended period. "It monitors the battery level," Mike explains. "And when it drops below a certain level, it only then charges it." This approach helps to prevent the battery from draining too much, which can be a problem if you're storing your car in an unheated garage.

Parking Your Car in an Unheated Garage: Tips and Precautions

If you're planning to store your summer-time fun car in an unheated garage for winter storage, it's essential to take some precautions to ensure the car remains safe and healthy. Gaston from Canada asked Mike if he recommends starting the engine periodically to keep the tires running and prevent rust buildup. "Yeah," Mike says. "I'd say start it up and even take it for a drive around the block once in two weeks." This approach helps to get the tires up to temperature, which can help prevent rust buildup on the brake rotors.

However, Mike also recommends using a battery maintainer to keep the battery healthy while it's stored. "If you have questions for us," Mike says, "TalkingCars@icloud.com is the way to go." You can also head to consumerreports.org for more information on tires and car maintenance. Additionally, if you're storing your car in an unheated garage, keep the hood open, as light will discourage rodents from coming inside.

Insights and Tips for Car Owners

If you have any questions or concerns about cars, Consumer Reports is here to help. With years of experience and a wealth of knowledge, their experts are always happy to share their insights and advice with car owners. Whether you're looking for tips on tire maintenance or want to learn more about the latest car models, Consumer Reports has got you covered.

From the Tire Selector at ConsumerReports.org, find great deals on quality tires that fit your budget and needs. With prices under $100 each, it's easy to get new tires without breaking the bank. So why wait? Start shopping today and discover the best tires for your car.

"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enWe've driven the new MazdaCX30 and Hyundai Venue.And we have ourfirst impressionsthat we're going toshare with you today.And then we'lldiscuss whether or notit's smart to buya used car, sightunseen, over the internet.Next on Talking Cars.Hey, we're back.I'm Keith Barry.I'm Mike Quincy.I'm Gabe Shenhar.And we're going to dosomething remarkable today.We're just going to getright into talking cars.Imagine that.Yeah.We're going totalk about two carsthat kind of fit in the samecategory, this new category,subcompact SUVs.They're small.They're popular.They're not alwaysall wheel drive.And we got two of them inthat are two brand new.One from Mazda, the CX30.The other fromHyundai, the Venue.And we're renting these frommanufacturers ahead of--Well, the Venue we bought.We rented one.And we bought one.We have experience with both.We've experienced them.We're experiencing them.So what?Let's talk about the CX30 first.Mike, can you talk alittle about the category,and how this particularvehicle fits into it?Well, like you said, a lot ofthese vehicles are smallish.They don't have alot of cargo space.They're generallypretty good visibility.Generally good fuel economy.Some are a little bit noisy.The models thatwe have that we'regoing to be talkingabout today bothhave standard four collisionwarning and automatic emergencybraking.So that's kudos to those guys.Gabe, what is this car basedon in the Mazda lineup?Cause it soundslike they're justkind of slicing anddicing somethinginto smaller, and smaller,and smaller parts here.All right.So let's unpack thatand clean the confusion.Please.The CX30 splits the differencebetween the CX3, whichis really a tiny littleSUV, and the CX5,which is a regular, small SUV.And they don't callit the CX4 because--Exactly.Because you would think thatthey should call it the CX4.That would becompletely appropriate.But there is already a CX4,a different model in China.So they can't call it CX4.So they called it a CX30.OK.Let's just forget about that.OK.I already have.The CX30 is basicallya raised Mazda 3.So we recentlytested the Mazda 3.And a CX30 is reallyjust a lifted up Mazda 3,because people don't buysedans and hatchbacks anymore.And people want SUVs,and more and more SUVs.So it doesn't matterhow tight the gapbetween these categories is.The public has justan insatiable appetitefor SUVs of anykind in any shape.So I noticed when I gotin it, cause I actuallywent straight from drivingour Mazda 3 to this,that there actually wasa little more headroom.And I'm a sedan fan.And I like cars thatare lower to the ground.And I like cars forvarious reasons,for aerodynamics, fueleconomy, pedestrian safety.And we're also gettingso sick of driving SUVs.Yeah.At least I am.But honestly, I got in it.And the driving positionwas really nice.I had a little more headroom.It just felt a little--I could see some of the appeal.Do you lose anything from--I mean, I felt itwasn't necessarilyany less sporty or lessengaging than the Mazda 3.I mean, what do you think?I think the drivingcharacteristicsare very similar.And like you, I likedthe driving position.For me, the seatin this rented CX30was a little shorton thigh support.And that kind of putme off a little bit.And Gabe, I thinkwe've mentioned,we're not really fond of alot of these Mazda seats.The Mazda 3, you and I alsodidn't care for the seatthat much.And the model that werented from Mazda'sa top of the line model.And so I thought,well, this seatdoesn't get better thanthe one we've got here.So I'm not saying it'sa deal breaker for me.It's power.It's leather.And it's still--The support waskind of a drawback.Well, there are four trim lines.And you have to go tothe preferred, whichis the third rung in thelineup, to get the power seatwith the power lumbar support.Otherwise, you'd get aless comfortable seat,just like the one wehad in the Mazda 3.But is this all wheel drive?It is all wheel drive, this one.You can get it as front wheeldrive or all wheel drive.And I felt that it wasvery much like a Mazda 3in terms of thedriving dynamics.And as you know, theMazda dialed down a biton handling agilitywith the Mazda 3.And that carriesover to the CX30.The infotainment system, theymade it more complicated,less user friendly.Well, some would say.That's the same inthe CX3, the 30.I don't mind it that much.I find it's a littleharder to use with CarPlay.So what they've doneis they've basicallytaken the infotainment system--there's no touch screen.It's all controlledby a rotary knob.And it's supposed to keepyour eyes on the road more.But when you havesomething like CarPlay,or you have a bunch oficons set up in a row,in order to getone icon above, youhave to scrollthrough all of them.Remember T9 Word on anold-- it's like using a nonsmartphone.It's browsing the internetwithout a smartphoneis kind of what it feels like.Yeah.There are a lot of simple tasksthat take you three steps.And it annoys the heck outof me that every time you'regoing to scroll throughthe list of radio stations,it always comes back tothe beginning of the scale.And then you have totwirl the whole scaleto down where you are.Let's say you are onsatellite radio in 26, 27.And every time youwant to bump one upor one down, you have to goto the beginning of the scale.How much does this car sell for?So it ranges from$22,000 to about $30,000.So more than the Mazda 3.It's more than the Mazda 3.And it's more than actuallysome of the competitors.I mean, there aresome competitorsthat are much more affordable.For instance, theHonda HRV is on the--Yeah.It gives you a lot moreroom than the CX30,and it's less expensive.It's not as niceof a car to drive.Definitely not.It's a lot noisier and stiffer.But yeah.That's a bit of a-- and that'sbeen a trend with Mazda,pricing their cars a littlehigher than the competition,wanting to convey a sense of,hey, we're a little better.Slightly premium.We're slightly premium,but not exactly.And some of it is justified,because the interioris nicer than other cars.But I'm not totally sold onthe success of this strategy.And also, according to ourlatest reliability survey,Mazda is doing really,really well on reliability.So kind of likeToyota, they're saying,you want reallygood reliability?Maybe you got to pay alittle bit more for it.I'm not saying that went intoMazda's pricing strategy,but we often say, youoften get what you pay for.So the interestingthing, speakingof getting whatyou pay for, whenwe pay for our ownone of these things,when we buy our own CX30, whichwe're going to do soon and testit, we are probably not going tobuy the same extremely high endtrim level as theone that we have.So I think our full--and I've found ina lot of cars--foreshadowing-- thatwe've borrowed versions ofand then driven ourown versions of,that it reallyaffects the drivingexperience how it's contented.And I think this car,that might be part of it.Definitely.So check out our firstdrive, ConsumerReports.orgon the Mazda CX30.And as soon as we buy ourown and start testing it,you'll hear about it,and we'll let you know.The next car that we got.Well, SUV, hatchback.Whatever it is.Whatever it is isthe Hyundai venue.It debuted at one of theauto shows last year.And right afterwards,Hyundai claimedthat it was sort of thefirst car for Gen Z.And this car is aimed at them.But we also gota lot of feedbackfrom older drivers who said,I'm looking for something that'ssimple, that's a littlehigher off the ground, that'saffordable, and thatlooks kind of cool.And is this right for me?And the Venue, I loved thelook of the one that we got.What is it?What is this car?Well, it's kind of likean Accent hatchback.No all wheel drive.It's small.It's stylish.It's affordable.It starts around $17,000.It starts with a stick shift.That's unusual all in itself.That no one will buy.Yeah.That no one will buy.Exactly.Yeah.But like you said before whenwe were talking about the Mazda.The manufacturers keep slicingand dicing these SUV segmentsinto finer and finer parts.And on the surface, itkind of makes sense.I mean, you talk about an olderdriver wanting a car that'seasier to get in and out of.I mean, the Venuedefinitely fits that.It's small.Yeah.It's really small.Not only is itsmaller than a Kona.It's smaller than the EcoSport.It's around the same sizeas a Mazda MX5 Miata.It's a little biggerthan a Fiat 500.I mean, this is a small car.Right.This is very short.And it doesn't look like that.And inside the car, itdoesn't feel like that.I think Hyundai did a reallygood job with the design.There's sort of adeep luggage well.In the back seat,there's actuallya decent amount of room.Up front, it has this really--A lot of glass area.Great visibility.Easy to see out of.Yeah.Great visibility.Sure.And the design wise too.So here's where thingsget a little interesting.So there are threeversions of this car.The top level trim issomething called the denim.That only 3% of peoplewill probably buy that.Yeah.It's the one that's inall the commercials.It's the one thatwas at the auto show.It was the one thatwe rented from them.On the upholstery it hasthese interesting accents.It has this blue sortof plastic interior.It looks really cool.They put a lot of effort into acar that costs around $21,000.Yeah.They really managed tomask the fact that thisis a really basic budget car.Oh, yeah.And then we went outand bought our own.Right.And we bought ourown SCL, which is notthat less expensive than this.It has smaller wheels.They look kind of goofyin the wheel wells.Mhm.Don't you like that lime green?Yeah.It doesn't have thetwo tone color on it.It's like a Kermit car.Yeah.It looks cheaper.It doesn't have thatcool feeling to it.Yeah.So this is one of thosecases where sort of buyerbeware when it determinesby the trim level.Because this card thatwhen I first saw it, I saidthis looks awesome.Right.It's almost like youwant a Neil Diamondreference, because you'rebetter in blue jeans.Something forever.Yeah.Something like that.But driving it, I mean, hey,I drove it the other night.The 1.6 liter four cylinder CVT.Around town it felt OK.Kind of light on its feet.But merging on the highway, man,this power train just howled.Yeah.I thought, aw, this is--It did it, but itdidn't like it.I would not want thison a long road trip.Well, it's a subcompact car.It needs to be viewed that way.It needs to be compared to aHyundai Accent or a Honda Fit.And it suffers fromthe same endemic thingsthat this wholeclass suffers from.And it's slowacceleration, noisyengine, uncomfortable seat.I mean, what bugsme most in the Venueis that the seatbelt anchordoesn't adjust for height.So it tends to chafeme at the neck.There's a lot of wind noise.And you feel a lot of--Gabe's right.It's like all these cars thatget kind of on the lower pricescale.They take away some ofthe features that wehave in so many other vehicles.And all of a sudden you realizehow much you're missing it.Mhm.Exactly.But you're right.Inside it doesn'tfeel like it's tiny.And you and I parkedit next to the Kona.Yeah.And despite Hyundai choppingoff a foot in the frontand a foot in the back, theinterior, the living space,the front and the rearseating is pretty comparable.Yeah.I'm really impressed by that.It feels a lot larger insidethan it looks on the outside.And compared to the controls ofthe Mazda, the Venue's is much,much, easier.Oh, yeah.I mean, everything in that caris incredibly straightforward.If you've been driving forfive months or 50 yearsyou're going to beable to understand it.infotainment systemsare easy to use, easy to learn.Yep.So I'm excited to see howthis actually stacks upwhen we actually put itthrough our full tests,because it seems like it couldbe a very interesting contenderfor folks who are lookingfor either that first car,or for a car ifthey're downsizing.Or it's a nice car on abudget is what it looks like.Front wheel drive only.Front wheel drive only.It's going to appealto the same people thatare drawn to the KiaSoul and Nissan Kicks.And the old, if youremember the Scion XB.I was just thinking of Scion.What about the Kia Rondo?We're going to go way back.Wow.That's a history lesson here.Mazda Fi-- no.Alphabet soup here.Yeah.So, again, consumerreports.orgwhen we have our full test.You can read our firstimpressions right now.But when we have our fulltest with 0 to 60 times,and when you put it throughour handling circuit, and allthat fun stuff, you can readhow this subcompact car does.So moving on, we've got threevideo questions this week.So keep them coming.Send them toTalkingClouds@icloud.com.We love video questions.They give us a break.And some of themactually this weekhave some pretty goodproduction values.I'm pretty impressed.I'm very impressed.So let's go to our first one.It's from James.And we're going tosee what it's about.Well, first of all,I love the podcast.I listen to it in my car,a bright yellow, Kia Soul.I absolutely love it.But sometimes you thinkabout your next car.And I keep seeing theseadvertisements for Carvana.And I was wondering whatyou guys thought about it.Because to me, I mean, Iwould never get a new carwithout test driving it first,and going in and talkingto the dealer about it,and all that kind of stuff.So it seems a littleweird that this companyexists that you can just clickand just buy a car online.That seems wrong to me almost.So yeah.Just wondering what you thought?And yeah.Keep up the good work.All right.So we've seen a lot of theseprograms, where essentially youcan go online, andyou can order a car.There's a reason theydon't exist with new cars.And that's because thesort of dealer lobbieshave made it so the statelegislatures don't allowfor direct to consumersales of new vehiclesfrom a manufacturer.Except for Tesla.Yeah.So there's somegray areas there.But when it comesto Carvana, Vroom--there are some otherservices out there.You basically go online,find a car, click,and then the car shows up.And then what?You don't test drive it?Apparently.But they also havevending machines.They have thesebig buildings wherethey've got the carstacked up like candy bars.And you go.And you pick one.And it comes down and whatnot,which is kind of clever.It's cool.Yeah.It's a little gimmicky.But so Carvana issaying that all the carsthat they're selling, theypass a 150 point inspection,never been in anaccident, no frame damage.Every car has a 100 day four--I don't know howthey come up with it.It's a 4,189 mile worry freeguarantee and a seven day moneyback guarantee.And this isn't necessarilya knock on Carvana.I mean, a lot ofservices will havethese money back guarantees withbuying cars at lot of dealers.The interesting thing aboutthis is that they alsohave, about Carvana,Vroom, others, isthat they have a fixed price.So you don't evenhave to negotiate.You don't have towalk into the dealer.You don't have to argueover the price with someone.And you like thatfor some reason.Of course.Yeah.It's a sport.It's a game.It's a challenge.I know.And we do recommendthat everyone advocatefor themselves.Because when you get in there--I'm with James.I like to see, tofeel, to touch,to smell the car I'm buying.And definitely drive it andnot buy it sight unseen.The negotiationalso, I mean, I don'tthink it's unethical orimmoral if you negotiatethe price, which the dealersmake a certain amount of profitthere.You shouldn't worry about that.And if in 15 minutesof the conversationyou knock off $1,000, $1,500off the price of the car,it's a pretty good returnon your investment.Yeah.I had a friend whoused to sell cars.And he told me when hebought cars, he'd say,I want you to make money, butnot a lot and not off of me.That's a good line.Remember that.But you're kind of, with theno haggle, as at all no haggledealerships, that's becausethe haggle is sort of builtinto the price.Right.You're paying forthe convenienceof not having to go in thereand advocate for yourself,and wait for the personto go see the manager,and drink the bad coffee, andmake the silly small talk.I find that very tiresome.Usually when I'm buying a carfor the ConsumerReports testprogram-- and we're notbuying used cars obviously.We're buying new cars.But I know what thecar sticker price is.And I have a general ideaof the dealer's cost.And I say, there's anumber in between your costand the sticker.And if you give me that we'llhave a deposit in your handbefore you know it.Because I don't want to go backand forth and back and forth.You'll be surprisedhow easy it isto knock off $2,000 off theprice of a car, over the phoneeven.And you're not onlylosing that when you'reusing a no haggle service.You're also losing the abilityto have the car inspectedbefore you buy it.Right.And that's what'sreal important.I've bought usedcars myself thathave come with clean Carfax,come with certified preownedfrom a dealer.Make sure you take it toa mechanic that you trust.That's what I did.You put it on the lift.You do even a compression test.And go over the whole car.And it turned out thatsome of these vehicleshad problems thatdidn't show up.And none of these werefrom Carvana or Vroom.But I mean, that'sthe nice thingabout that seven day return.If I were to use this, if Iwere to weigh the pros and cons,if I were to use Carvana,within the first 400 milesI'd bring it, get it inspected,and do all those thingsthat you said.And we have a lot of stuffabout buying a used car online.You can followexactly what you needto ask your mechanic to do.Consumerreports.org.So essentially,it's interesting.It's an interestingway of buying a car.Next question from Chris.Hey, Talking Cars.I'm interested in youropinion of the 2016 e-Golf.I was able to finda lot of informationon your website aboutthe Gulf in general,but nothing about the e-Golf.It seems to me that theonly drawback to the e-Golfis the range.Since I work from home, andI also just do daycare pickupand drop off about amile from my house,I don't think that wouldbe a big issue for me,especially since wehave a 2018 VolkswagenTiguan in our driveway as well.Do you have any opinionsabout the e-Golfor have you driven it?Now, Gabe, we had an e-Golf.Right?So what is it?We rented an e-Golf, an electricVolkswagen Golf from Volkswagenwhen it first cameout in 2015 I think.Yeah.And back then it had a prettypuny range of 94 miles.And certainly punyby today's standards.Recently Volkswagenincreased the battery sizeand increased therange to 125 miles.A little more palatable.But still not competitive.It's not 300.Right.Yep.But the car itselfis a nice car.I mean, it's afully fledged car.It's not a conversionof an electric car.It was designedfrom the beginningto be an electric car also.It's just as niceas the regular.It's even nicer thanthe regular Golfbecause there's no engine noiseand acceleration is immediate.It's practical.All the practicality of a Golf.It's practical.It's nice.I mean, compared to a ChevyBolt or a Nissan LEAF, I mean,it feels like a luxury car.So buying a used EV in general.Well, right.I mean, my questionto the questionis why only stick tothe Volkswagen brand?We have an excellent articleon ConsumerReports.orgabout buying used EVs.The market is ripe for used EVs.For example, there arethree-year-old Nissan LEAFsto be had for about $10,000,compared to the $30,000to $36,000 sticker price.Huge depreciation onsome of these labels.We learned about thatdepreciation the hard way,because we lost our shirton all the Leafs we tested.Right.So if you're interested ingetting an EV, a used EV,I would look beyondthe Volkswagen brand.Because you're saying, theseare really hard to find.Well, they didn't sellvery many of them.It sounds kind oflike he's a VW guy.Right.I get that.It sounds like maybe there'ssort of an affinity here.But people that are justso brand loyal, to me,they seem to limittheir choices so much.Yeah.If you're just looking fora runabout, and a bicycleisn't going to do it foryour one mile commute.If you're just looking forsomething small like that,I mean, there are a lot ofinexpensive used EVs out there.An interesting thing,one of the reasonswhy there is ascarcity of these,he asked about why there areso many older ones versus newerones, in later yearsVolkswagen senta lot of these to Europe,and to markets where therewas a greater demand forit, or greater governmentincentives for them.So not as many of these weresold in the US in later years.There wasn't someissue with themor something necessarily wrong.It just had to dowith what marketsdemanded in differentplaces in the world.And also, a lot ofthese were leased.A lot of EVs get leased,because you can rollin the tax incentives upfront.And you get a lowerlease payment.So those 2018s are justcoming off lease now.If I were him, and therange is no problem,I'd be perfectlyhappy with the e-Golf.Yeah.You can get a reallygood deal on it too.Yeah.If you buy one for $10,000,$12,000, that's pretty good.That's kind of cool.Yeah.Why not?Why not?All right.One last videoquestion from Daniel.Hi, Talking Cars.My name's Daniel.Big fan of the show.I have a 2016 Mazda 6,which I absolutely love.And we got it used.And it came withKenda Vezda UHP tireson the front, and thestock Dunlop Sport 5,000tires on the rear.The Dunlop tires are in muchworse shape than the Kendaones, and they'reon their last legs.Once I need to replacethe Dunlop tires,should I get two moreof the Kenda tires,but then just rotate them, causeobviously the new tires shouldbe on the front on afront wheel drive car,or should I get four tires thatare completely different brand?So we checked inwith Gene Petersonand Ryan Pszczolkowski, ourtire experts on this one.And we came back.The answer to Daniel'squestion, whichis a really good one, andreally great production values,by the way, seriously, itdepends on how much moneythat you want to spend.The good news is thatgood tires for this carare under $100 each.And you can find themusing our Tire Selectorat ConsumerReports.org.But Mike, what's theleast expensive way?Is that just only swappingout those Dunlops?Well, yeah.I would just stick with whatGene Peterson and Ryan said.I mean, I would get four newtires and just start fresh.Otherwise you're constantlyon this treadmillof always swappingout a set if you'resticking with the Kendas.Which is a brand that we don'thave any information on really.Never even heard of it.And we've talked beforeabout buying used cars.And this is maybe one of thedownsides of buying used cars.Or as you're going to buy a usedcar to really carefully inspectit.Cause this personbought the Mazda 6with two differentbrands of tires,which is a total no, no asfar as Consumer Reports goes.You don't want to have differentbranded tires on your car frontand rear.So when you go toinspect a used car,I would definitelycheck all four tires.One notion that's builtinto his question,though, is that he wantsto put the new tireson the front axle.And no matter what, if youhave two new tires only,you put them on the rear axle.Even if it's a frontwheel drive car?Even if it's a frontwheel drive car.And the reason is becauseif worse comes to worst,you get understeer,which is easierto control than an overseer youmight get with worn out tiresin wet conditions,and on the rear axle.So the good solution is you goand get the same exact tires,the Kenda Vezdas And you putthe newer ones on the rear.The better solution, themuch better solution,is that you maybe spend--All new four tires.And the thing is,you're already spendingthe money on alignment.You're already spendingmoney on balancing.You're going to payfor that anyway.So you might as well spendthe extra $200 or so,and just put all fournew tires on the car,and get some good ones.Find them withour Tire Selector.So thanks for sendingthat question in.Our last question comesfrom Gaston from Canada.We love questions from Canada.We get so manyquestions from Canada.And Gaston asks, I parkedmy summer time fun carin an unheated garage for winterstorage from November to April.Do you recommend periodicallystarting the engine?If so, how often?That's a good question.Yeah.Yeah.I'd say start itup, and even take itfor a drive around theblock once in two weeks.Get it up torunning temperature.Get the rust offthe brake rotors.And get everythingup and running.As far as thebattery is concerned,I would attach the carto a battery maintainer.Otherwise known as the batterytender, trickle charger.Yeah.It's not trickle charging.It monitors the battery level.And when it dropsbelow a certain level,it only then charges it.Mm.And if he can, and it'sin the unheated garage,it might also not have power.Well, right.And he also saidit's from Canada.If it's a rear wheel drive carwith high performance summertires, you might notbe able to take itaround the block for a spin.But at least, start it up,back it out of the garage,and just at least let it sit,and get it up to temperatures.There's another goodreason to do that.And that's especially ifit's an unheated garage,and the car is there, it mightbe a nice place for wildlifeto make a home and anest in the winter.And I've seen thatactually happen, whereI've gone to go look at a car.It was a beautiful W110 Benz.And the guy started it up.Hadn't been started all winter.And all of a sudden alittle trickle of smokecomes out from under the engine.And there was a littlenest in there, the remainsof a nest that caught fire.So you don't wantthat to happen.And things can chew on beltsand chew through wires.Well, rodents can bein the garage as well.Exactly.And I think ourrecommendation isif you're going to store a carin the garage for a long time,keep the hood open, becauselight will discourage rodentsfrom coming in.Interesting.Interesting.So there's some newsfor you if you'regoing keep that summertime fun car parked away.If you have questions forus, TalkingCars@icloud.comto see the show notes.They're right there.Check them out.And head toconsumerreports.org and you'lllearn everything you needto know about what we knowso far, about the Venue, theCX30 tires, and everything elsewe talked about.So thanks for talkingabout cars with us today.\n"