Warning to motorists in South Africa: higher costs on the way

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Warning to motorists in South Africa: higher costs on the way

The Tyre Importers Association of South Africa (TIASA) warns that the cost of tyres could increase by up to 41%

 

[ToxicBunny]

So for me the question is why is SATMC lobbying for an increase in duties on imported tyres?

 

[Agent_Smith]

So a lot more accidents on the way then...

 

[ToxicBunny]

So a lot more accidents on the way then...

Means I very definitely won't be going to work if its raining thats for damned sure... all those slicks on the Freeways is gonna be fun.

 

[Pudding McTwinkle]

Might be a good time to get those BFG muds I've been drooling over. 41% more is an extra R14k.

 

[Agent_Smith]

Means I very definitely won't be going to work if its raining thats for damned sure... all those slicks on the Freeways is gonna be fun.

Exactly!

 

[rh1]

Means I very definitely won't be going to work if its raining thats for damned sure... all those slicks on the Freeways is gonna be fun.

My first car and during a Cape Town storm, I found out what aquaplaning is. Luckily, no accident. Next day bought new tyres. I bought the car a few months earlier at Used car dealership. LOL. So much wrong with the car. But lots of lessons learnt.

 

[LCBXX]

What exactly should South Africans do with this information?

 

[LCBXX]

So for me the question is why is SATMC lobbying for an increase in duties on imported tyres?

To protect their own interests.

 

["D"]

What exactly should South Africans do with this information?

Tread softly. - Yeats

Tread carefully. - AVBOB

 

[ToxicBunny]

To protect their own interests.

That would be my guess as well... and in all honesty if they get it right, I will no longer buy tyres from any manufacturer that is a member of SATMC. They can go and fsck themselves. I will spend the extra money and make sure I get imported tyres.

 

[LCBXX]

That would be my guess as well... and in all honesty if they get it right, I will no longer buy tyres from any manufacturer that is a member of SATMC. They can go and fsck themselves. I will spend the extra money and make sure I get imported tyres.

Likewise. They are fscking with the free-market as opposed to rather insisting that all imported tyres comply with local safety standards.

 

[mojoman]

Warning to motorists in South Africa: higher costs on the way

The Tyre Importers Association of South Africa (TIASA) warns that the cost of tyres could increase by up to 41%

Thats great news with our potholes...
Just fkd up a tyre myself this morning thanks to the mentally challenged who run the roads for NW...

 

[ToxicBunny]

Likewise. They are fscking with the free-market as opposed to rather insisting that all imported tyres comply with local safety standards.

Its not even necessarily fscking with the free-market per se..

If they have more stringent safety requirements to meet then they must insist that imported tyres meet the same standards of course, but also they must be more efficient if its purely a cost to produce angle that is hampering them.

 

[McSack]

I would say TF I ride a bike but I'm sure it won't be long before the fskers apply the tariff there too

 

[ToxicBunny]

I would say TF I ride a bike but I'm sure it won't be long before the fskers apply the tariff there too

Oh no, the tariff will apply to all types of tyres but at differing levels.

You can also expect things like Bike tyres to be higher since they're a "luxury" item if you're rich enough to have a bike

 

[rvZA]

Easy. Just drive the car until the threads come out and tire burst. Then those cheap Chinese re-threaded tires are the way to go. They can keep that expensive tires to themselves.

 

[RonSwanson]

My first car and during a Cape Town storm, I found out what aquaplaning is. Luckily, no accident. Next day bought new tyres. I bought the car a few months earlier at Used car dealership. LOL. So much wrong with the car. But lots of lessons learnt.

Michelins FTW.

 

[RonSwanson]

That would be my guess as well... and in all honesty if they get it right, I will no longer buy tyres from any manufacturer that is a member of SATMC. They can go and fsck themselves. I will spend the extra money and make sure I get imported tyres.

Michelins FTW.