This year, rainy season started earlier than predicted and it has been raining heavily daily. My old reliable BMW has been using the current tyres for slightly over 2 yr but the threads are almost gone. So I had its tyres changed today. There was a little problem at the tyre shop, because it 's difficult to find the exact wide size ones I have been using, even in the capital like Bangkok.
I could ask the shop 's owner to find them from nearby stores but I could end up getting old-stocked unsold tyres, which would not be good for me. In a hot country like Thailand we need newly manufactured ones, since they tend to stiff up fast due to the heat. Moreover, the slightly wider size (1 cm) I used to would cost a lot more. After weighing the option, I decided to order the more narrowed tyres that a Toyota Corona Altis would typically use. It saved me a few thousand Bahts too since Toyota is abundant in Thailand, and thus tyres produced for them are plenty and cheaper.
After getting behind the wheel, I could feel that steering is a lot lighter and my car now can change lane more swiftly with the narrower tyres. New tyres also gave me a rubber cushion feeling I had not experienced for over a year.
Now I am ready to hit the road to several far away places in the coming weeks.
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