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Giti Tyres Big Test | New Tricks

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Giti Tyres Big Test - New Tricks

Not a lot of people know this, but I’m a big fan of mangled proverbs. Like: “What doesn’t kill you, will make you hope you’d never been born.” And how about: “You can lead a horse to water….but a pencil must be lead.”

They’re a couple of gems I’ve picked up along the way, but it’s the plain, straightout version of another old saying – that one abo...

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