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Sometimes 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.

(, Tue 24 Jun 2014, 12:42)
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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.
(, Thu 26 Jun 2014, 19:00, 1 reply)
the reason they're the cheapest thing to upgrade is because they're the simplest mechanical part of the car
which 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
(, Thu 26 Jun 2014, 19:21, closed)
Please do.

(, Thu 26 Jun 2014, 22:10, closed)
pollen filter
is vying for that crown.
(, Thu 26 Jun 2014, 22:12, closed)
I don't think changing that is going to help my performance or safety in the wet

(, Fri 27 Jun 2014, 11:42, closed)

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