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Giti Tyres Big Test - Just like the cheese

There's a load of Taranaki cheese in the container behind this Chinese-built Sinotruk C7H 8x4 tractor unit and it gets me thinking about that old cheese ad that used to be on the tv. 

You know, the one about good things taking time – time to mature. I wonder if it could be the same...

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