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Editor’s Note

Happy Diwali, Eid Mubarak and Merry Christmas!

I love the last quarter of the year, it has many celebrations; and celebrations are a fantastic way of rejuvenating and reflecting. So whichever festive you celebrate, I wish

you well.

In the name of festivities, this newsletter highlights some great activities we have done so far. Our high achieving sales people got a fully paid trip to the Catalunya race track, Spain. We were happy to host our Meru customers for a cocktail and dinner and we hosted yet another golf tournament at Sigona. On this note, I would like to give my best wishes to our Operations Director, Kamal Shah for the Captainship position at Sigona Golf Club 2012.

As is our tradition, please read through our TYRE TIPS section and get some good value for your care and safety with yours tyres; we pride in giving you this information – power in decisions

comes from knowledge and we provide this to you happily. Also check out our Christmas Offer for great value for your tyres this season!

And finally, I would like to thank our contributors – Christine Wambui (HR), Nasreen Rasool (Sales, University branch) and Dickson Muchene, our graphic designer for making this issue of the newsletter possible.

Please feel free to give us your comments and contributions; your feedback is highly appreciated.

With Best Wishes,

Reema

Reema DoshiEditor

On 28th August 2011 Kingsway Tyres Ltd held a successful free medical camp at Sigona Golf Club. The Golf caddies, staff and other people of

the vicinity braved the cold temperatures of the morning to have a check up for blood sugar, hypertension and eyes and were very thankful.Of these people was Alice Njeri Gichungu, 18. Alice was born with a eye defect which by the age of 12, while in primary school, worsened and threatened blindness at such a tender age. Doctors were unable to treat the condition and her parents could not afford the cost for a specialist. It was at this time Kingsway Tyres Ltd., through our MD, Manoj Shah, chose to sponsor her treatment and give her the gift of sight. This operation was very successful and we are pleased to announce that Alice’s eye sight is now better and has improved her a life.

Sigona Medical Camp

In this complicated world, it’s always good to go back down to basics – basics help us understand things clearly. We are going to take a basic look at what we need to know

about our tyres to make the right choices when purchasing or taking care of them. First, what is a tyre? In a simple definition, you could say “it’s a box filled with air”; a box that is made of rubber and other components put together to make it perform. And we know without air the tyre cannot function; air is put either within a tube (what we call the tube-type tyre) or in a tubeless tyre case, the air is contained within the tyre walls and the rim (ingenious technology never seizes to amaze me). Safety-wise, tubeless tyre is your best bet. So now let’s look at the very basics in how to know what tyre you are riding. Many a times we have had calls asking us the price of certain rim size; this is not sufficient. We need the full tyre size…what is that? I give you an example 195/45 R 16. This is easily read from the sidewall of your actual tyre, very easy! Now onto what that stands for;

1. The first part i.e. in this case 195, is the width of tyre

2. The second part i.e. in this case 45 is the profile or the height-to-width ratio in %

3. R indicates the radial structure of the tyre4. The last part i.e. 16 is the inner diameter in

inches or what we call the rim size. There are other symbols on the tyre sidewall which are an indicator of Speed index (or maximum authorized speed for a tyre) and Load Index (load in KGs each tyre can carry).

What is important to remember is that each vehicle has a recommended tyre size that the car maker indicates (you can find this often on the drive side door latch – it also shows recommended tyre pressure to put in each tyre); it is important to follow this for your car performance and safety. A common question asked is how to know when your tyre is worn out? Michelin tyres have tread wear indicator shown by a bibendum on the side wall (other tyres have similar indicators). If you check this, it is placed at recommended 1.6mm depth; if this is at the same level as your tread, then your tyre needs to be replaced. So why shouldn’t we wait until we get multiple punctures or tyre bursts to replace our tyres? First, it’s a safety hazard; driver’s basic rule is safety comes first. In addition to this, the tyres are designed to grip the road in the best possible way so as to let us drive in peace; once tyres are worn out, this grip is compromised and the car would easily slip. Last but not least thing to remember is your car is designed for a special application, e.g. on road or off road. Similarly the tyres are designed to suit your car’s design; an example is your X-trail could be for only use on tarmac (on road) or go into the wilderness with rocks/dirt/mud etc (off road). Each experience has its relevant tyre guided by the car maker’s recommendation. With this info, it would be easier to understand and explain to your mechanic what your car needs. Do contact our customer service at any branches countrywide for further information on the basics of a tyre and they will be happy to explain this.

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Load index(84 = 500 kg / tyre)

Tread depthindicator position

shown byBibendum

Width (195 mm)

Series (sidewall)height divided by

width)

Structure(Radial)

Wheel diameter (16 inches)

Speed index

Sinai Fire Tragedy

(Left to Right) Mr. Gichungu, Alice Njeri, Shehzan Luhar & Lions Club Clinical Officer

HOW TO READ A TYREby Reema Doshi

On 15th September 2011 Kingsway Tyres Ltd presented a cheque worth KShs 50,000 as a donation for items to be given to the victims and

families of Sinai fire tragedy in Nairobi. Sinai slum, close to the industrial area had a fuel leak and fire broke out through the gutters and affected the slum dwellers. The fire victims were rushed to Kenyatta National Hospital to be treated. Medical services

ministry and KNH appealed to the public to assist in extra drugs, bandages and other items to assist in treating the victims.Lions club have managed to put together following items worth over KSh 300,000: Baked beans, blankets, gloves, cotton wool, paracetamol and aprons. These items were presented to Mary Ngare, PS Medical Services Ministry and Richard Lesiyampe, CEO of KNH.

SIGONA GOLF TOURNAMENT

MERU CUSTOMER DINNER

EVENTS

TESTIMONIAL

SPAIN TRIPWORLD SERIES BY RENAULT SPORT

by Nasreen Rasool

Shaukat Bachani with Mr. Wainaina Njoroge of Chieni Plains Ltd (Naro Moru) & Mr. Luca Mwangi (Private Transporter)

Alex Wangai the Kingsway TyrExpert assessing the tyres of the Golfers cars.

Amal Shah (Left) addressing the customers with Shaukat, Saidi Muriithi and Zahur Khan

Brij Patel, Superstar of Kenya (aka Parit Mehta), Aman Mohindra & Aashit Shah

Conventional wisdom says that really quick starts consume more fuel. But it turns out that nursing your speed up to the limit too slowly also lowers KM

per Litre. How can that be? Cars get poorer fuel economy in lower gears, and accelerating too slowly prevents up-shifting at an efficient rate. The best acceleration rate varies with the vehicle, gear ratios and weight. Taking 15 seconds to accelerate to 80 kph uses less fuel than taking 30 seconds to reach the same speed, because the car entered its top, fuel-saving gear sooner.

Tactic No. 2: Avoid Slowly Crawling Up to Speed

Did You Know

Early this year we were informed about the Michelin challenge and we all got targets to achieve, winners of whom would get a fully paid trip to Spain! I

was elated when Srinivas of Michelin told me that I was one of the winners for this trip! The team I was going with was Mr. Amin, Amal, Ashok (Nakuru branch), Mohamed (Mombasa branch), Monty (Downtown branch) and Vasant (Karen branch). Srinivas from Michelin also joined us on the trip. The 3 day Spain trip started on 8th October 2011, with our welcomed arrival at Barcelona by the Michelin Spain team i.e. Radia, Benedict and Rosalba. They were gracious and most hospitable throughout our stay. The most memorable time we had was when we got full VIP treatment at the Catalunya race track – World Series by Renault. Spotting our custom Kenyan made shirts priding the Kingsway logo and event information, we were even taken in the rally cars around the track one by one! Not to mention seeing and posing with the stunning models from Renault topped up the day. Some of the other fabulous experiences were visiting the Barcelona football club stadium, the famous Cathedral of Gaudi which is the international symbol of Barcelona, the guided bus tour of the city and the lovely sea food we ate at the best Michelin starred restaurants. This trip was both fun and also educational, we learnt a lot about the culture and history of Barcelona. We also met the other teams from Tanzania and UK and learnt a few of their selling tricks.It was also a moment when we all bonded with each other; it was a great team building experience. Thanks Michelin & Kingsway Tyres for making this happen!

The team at the Barcelona football club stadium L-R: Srinivas Chitturi, Harshad Amin, Nasreen Rasool, Vasant Naran, Amal Shah, Ashok Patel, Monty Ismail, Mohamed Mustansir

Monty ready to get a ride in the Renault sport

At the Grand Central hotel overlooking the city

At the WSR, Catalunya race track with a Renault Model

The team with Nick Sharrock, Michelin Director of Competition tyres

Cathedral of Gaudi, Barcelona

Castell de Montjuic Fort, Barcelona

At the WSR, Catalunya race track

COMPLY INDUSTRIES LIMITEDComply Industries limited is a logging and manufacturer of timber by-products. Our operations are of high severity levels and therefore demanding highly superior and enduring tyres. We constantly monitor the tyres running in our fleet to ensure that we realize the lowest cost per KM. This translates to cost effectiveness in carrying out our operations.

We fitted Michelin tyre size 315/80R 22.5 XDY3 in our trucks KAX 505J, KAX 504J and KAX 501J and the performance was commendable. The tyre worked 111,698kms, 107,893kms and 108,549kms respectively, without any failures or defects. After the first life, all tyres qualified for retreading thanks to the superb casings.

We have therefore decided to confirm using Michelin tyres in our fleet in order to reap huge benefits by the product.

We highly recommend Michelin XDY3 tyres to all other fleet and general users.

Yours Sincerely

For Comply Industries Ltd

Stephen Kihumba

Operations Manager

NEW COMERS

THE LIGHTER SIDE OF TYRES

Let’s all welcome Joseph Kamau - Audit Assistant (Head Office) and Azim Adamjee Abbas - Sales (Karen Branch)

A motorist from the big city filled up at a small petrol station and found he had a flat tyre. He went to the garage store and asked an attendant: “Have you an air line here?”The attendant replied: “No, but there is usually a bus every hour.”

Flat Tyre

Joseph Kamau(Audit Assistant)

Azim Abbas(Sales)