False EconomiesSometimes the cheapest option isn't the right one. I fondly remember my neighbours going to a well-known catalogue-based store and buying the cheapest lawnmower they stocked. How we laughed as they realised it had non-rotating wheels and died when presented with grass. Tell us about times you or others have been let down by being a cheapskate.
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Scaryduck LIKES EGG, Tue 24 Jun 2014, 12:42)
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they're bundles of wire bound up in vulcanised rubberif any other moving part of your car is less complicated or sophisticated than that then I'll lend you two hundred quid to buy a better car
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Dr. Shambolic je suis charlie, Thu 26 Jun 2014, 18:25,
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A colleague of mine got some run-on-flats for his beamer,and told me that, thanks to this miracle of tyre technology, he'd never need buy tyres ever again.
Bet they were really sophisticated.
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monster munch person, man, woman... camera... TV?, Thu 26 Jun 2014, 18:41,
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are retards allowed to drive nowadays? it's political correctness gone mad(
Dr. Shambolic je suis charlie, Thu 26 Jun 2014, 18:45,
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YESthey drive beamers.
haven't you ever been on a motorway?
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rachelswipe with a fork, Thu 26 Jun 2014, 18:49,
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fuck noI take my Bentleys up the wiggly roads ... I don't pay the driver to point it in a straight line and queue amongst the plebs
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Dr. Shambolic je suis charlie, Thu 26 Jun 2014, 19:23,
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As it happens I don't have a car right now. Can I still have the cash?Incidentally, the sophistication to which I referred was the materials science that goes into the tyre. Obviously the actual construction of a tyre is pretty basic, but there is almost unlimited scope for complexity in the manufacture of the materials used.
Good tyres will increase the comfort of your ride, your fuel efficiency, your acceleration and top speed (marginally), your handling, your breaking distance... All due to the quality of the materials used. And they're the cheapest and easiest thing to upgrade.
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the reason they're the cheapest thing to upgrade is because they're the simplest mechanical part of the carwhich is what I just said ... I'm happy to say it again a couple of times if you're in the mood for a pointless interweb argument ... but I'm already at the pub
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Dr. Shambolic je suis charlie, Thu 26 Jun 2014, 19:21,
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Please do.(, Thu 26 Jun 2014, 22:10, closed)
pollen filteris vying for that crown.
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Rotating Wobbly Hat That's not a banana. THIS is a banana., Thu 26 Jun 2014, 22:12,
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I don't think changing that is going to help my performance or safety in the wet(
Dr. Shambolic je suis charlie, Fri 27 Jun 2014, 11:42,
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