Tyre shock!

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KS
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Tyre shock!

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Good grief... Just discovered that the price of 195/55x15 Yokohama AO52 tyres has risen by £130 a set in less than two months, now £935 as opposed to £805 from the same supplier. Do an eBay search for Toyo R888Rs in the same size and you'll hear crickets, see tumbleweed and plenty of redirections to Nankangs. I guess Mr Trump's escapades in the Straits of Hormuz are having an effect.
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That stale Wotsit faced twatspangle has a lot to answer for.
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The price of all tyres have gone up Keith, I needed some for the front of a standard car, watched the internet prices on the usual sites and they went up by £30 to £40 each since February.
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Someone in my office thought it was a good idea to get one of those little desktop label printers.

Someone else thought it was a good idea to print some labels to carry in the cars for every time we visit a petrol station

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Fab- please send me some Angus
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I got sent a pic of a similar sticker from a pal in Alaska.
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