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Did you know your driving style can multiply wear-and-tear?

Car wheels

Wear-and-tear level can be better or worse depending on the condition of the vehicle.

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What you need to know:

  • Wear-and-tear level can be better or worse depending on the condition of the vehicle.
  • It costs less to build a smooth road than to maintain the vehicles that use a bad one.

How much more wear-and-tear is inflicted on a car by a rough or bumpy road as compared to smooth tarmac? -  BK

The wear-and-tear of driving at a moderate and steady speed in a straight line on smooth tarmac is nearly nil. Even gentle cornering, braking and accelerating will roughly double that. But what it is doubling is very little.