Uganda, Oct. 22 -- You shall be amazed by how people shop for tyres. In many people's minds, shopping for tyres is no different from shopping for pineapples, get the cheapest as they all are the same, black and round. Some buyers do not even bother what readings are on the side wall, which is recommended.

There is an incredible amount of research that goes into just the rubber compound of specific tyres, long before any design considerations are made on how the tread works, how the belts overlap or how heavy duty the sidewall is.

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Depending on your usage, you could destroy a cheap set of tyres in a day. Literally. If your mission is to take your car off-road, for example, and you have chosen a sub-standard brand of tyres, a sharp ro...