Cheap TatOneEyedMonster remindes us about the crap you can buy in pound shops: "Batteries that lasted about an hour and then died. A screwdriver with a loose handle so I couldn't turn the damn screw, and a tape measure which wasn't at all accurate."
Similarly, my neighbour bought a lawnmower from Argos that was so cheap the wheels didn't go round, it sort of skidded over the grass whilst gently back-combing it.
What's the cheapest, most useless crap you've bought?
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chthonic, Fri 4 Jan 2008, 7:26)
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Just don'tThe number of cars I see coming in with steering/brake 'problems' which are down to the shit tyres... some downright dangerous.
Serious point folks (for once)
The amount of rubber actually touching the road is smaller than a sheet of A4. Add a couple of tons of metal capable of going really quite fast, with you, your family etc depending for their lives on that sheet of A4. In rain, snow, ice and so forth.
Cheapo tyres can blow, but more importantly they can add a sod of a lot to your stopping distance in the wet especially.
Don't do it. Go without the furry dice, mortgage the children, but do not skimp on your tyres.
Because you might die. Worse, you might hit me.
(Top tip laydeez and gennelmen. Go onto one of t'internet tyre places called something like verydarkroundthings and get a price. Then phone your local independant tyre place and 99/100 he'll price match or at least be pretty close. You'll be talking to someone who knows what's what and can take advantage of the temporary offers from the tyre manufacturers. Forget Kwikfit/Halfords)
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