Hey Scotty: I bought my 2000 Toyota Echo about 6 months ago with about 102,000 miles on it. It has a 10 yr. old Duralast battery. I had it checked at a Napa store and they said it still had at least 12 cca. Also, it has 3 Hankook Kinergy tires and 1 off brand tire ( Doral or something like that). The man from Napa who checked my battery also looked at the tires and said that they still have good tread on them and they should be OK. Well I still intend on getting a new battery before winter, but don't know if I should get new tires. Money is very fietight, but I'm very concerned about supply chain shortages and the consequences of waiting too long get a new battery and tires. I am a 60 yr. old single lady and this is my only car. I don't have a lot of money. I live in a small town about 50 miles from the nearest big city ( Springfield, Mo.). Could you offer some advice or suggestions please. Thanks!
Check the date code on the tires. If they are more than 6 or 7 years old they should be replaced no matter what the tread looks like due to dry rot, which could be internal and not visible on the outside of the tires. I would not trust a 10-year-old battery either, the sooner it is replaced the better.
That car takes a 14-inch tire, 175/65R14, and selection is pretty limited for that size. Prices are definitely up on tires, I bought a set recently for one of my cars and paid about 35% more than the same tires would have cost a year or two ago.
On tirerack.com the least expensive tire they show for that car is the Khumo Solus at $89.00 each, and of course you have to add mounting and balancing to that.
However walmart.com shows their house brand "Douglas" tires available in that size for $49.00 each. Those tires are made by Goodyear and the ones I've seen are made in the U.S. or Brazil, they're good tires. If you have a Walmart near you with an auto service center they charge something like $20 per tire for basic mounting and balancing, and there are other fees for tire disposal and taxes. (If you don't have a Walmart near you with auto service you'd need to have them shipped to you and mounted elsewhere.)
https://www.walmart.com/ip/Douglas-All-Season-175-65R14-82S-Tire/49021624
It has a 10 yr. old Duralast battery. I had it checked at a Napa store and they said it still had at least 12 cca.
12CCA doesn't make any sense. You need 20x that much to start a car.
As long as your car starts every time you're ok for now. But 10 years is pretty old for a battery so I would replace it ASAP.
Maybe she meant to type 12V?
maybe ... but you still need to know the next number after the decimal point