Youtube can help a bunch here, to me, a DSLR isn't much better than the average point & shoot unless you start tailoring the settings to what you want.

I end up shooting in full manual, I'm okay at that, post-processing images is a different animal. It will take layering multiple exposures to get those black wheels to show some sort of features. They just soak up all of the light and you'll either end up with an over-exposed car, or under-exposed wheels trying to capture it all with only one click.

This is three images layered over each other, I've finally gotten to where the wheel detail isn't just a black blob. I should have done another CPL turn to lose the reflection on the door glass, but you can see where the CPL makes the windshield look almost perfectly clear. 'Cuda picture