Q: odd noise coming from wheel area
I have a automatic car and to get a better launch I held the brake and let the car rev to about 2500 then let of the brake and Floored the gas. Today I was noticing coming off of a red light that my car sounded like the tires lost grip for a brief second then grabbed could this be a bigger problem?
My car has 110000 miles.
My car has an automatic transmission.
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