“kick the tires”别理解成“踢轮胎”，引申为在购买之前精挑细选；仔细检查；仔细调查。

【例句】
Come and kick the tires on this latest version of the software.
过来仔细检查一下这个软件的最新版本。

You should always kick the tires of anything you plan to buy from someone online, or else you might end up buying a piece of junk!
凡是打算在网上向别人买的东西，买之前要精挑细选，否则最后可能买到的是一件垃圾！