Live fast

All tyre could do nowadays was look longingly and remember what used to be when he was a fast, feisty young radial.

He sometimes looked back with regret at the times he had beaten the competition away from the lights and squealed extravagantly around bends. The final straw was pulling an ill advised doughnut in Asda car park to show off to the curvy little nissan micra... just hoping for a quick flash of her hazards.

But when he really thought it through would a longer life of never exceeding an economical 56mph really have been as much fun? He already knew the answer and with a warm glow rolled off to bore the young low profiles with tales of when he was their age.