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To the OP. What kind/brand of tyres are you using and what is the wear level across the rest of the tyre when you've had to change them?

I suppose it's just me being used to having that bit of trust and leeway that comes from using the same garage/tester for many years over just flitting between whichever station is convenient or, as the case used to be, cheapest. Dropped my RX8 one lunchtime, he tested it and passed it. During test he found a broken drop link which should be a fail point. He simply gave me a call, told me the situation ordered the part replaced the offending item later that afternoon.

I've seen a few of these videos and what I'm saying isn't meant as a negative. It's all good and well showing a comparison like this, but not many people will be swapping NEW summer/all season tyres for, in most cases, new winters. In mine and my sisters case. Our tyres were pretty well worn. Mine were down to about 2mm on all 4 corners and the rears on my sisters were right down, possibly, below the tread indicators. I changed my tyres in November, so before the real cold set in, and the difference even then in cornering and braking was significant. I reckon, from a legal standpoint, I could've gotten through at least most the winter with the tyres I had on before, but I daren't think how compromised the car would've been. In my case, the winters I bought were about £15 a corner cheaper than replacing like for like with the Pirelli Scorpion STR's (which admittedly were more than fine in previous winters) I had on, so it was at least worth giving them a shot. Even if I decide to swap them come spring summer, they don't wear down when they're off the car so could easily last two or more winters beyond this one.

I personally I don't feel for the tester at all. I'm not saying he has to ignore it completely but surely it wouldn't have hurt him to just but it down on the advisory sheet that "number plate may need addressing before next MOT" or something similar.

That price is per tyre and those sites I mentioned, as far as I know, don't do part worn. What sizes are you's looking for

Make sure you also report those MOT stations which have issued you with a pass certificate whilst they've been fitted as they are supplying you with an invalid MOT

If you're just after tyres check out the following places; www.camskill.co.uk www.tyremen.co.uk www.mytyres.co.uk www.tyres-pneus-online.co.uk I used cam skill and tyremen to get winters for my sisters e90 330D and my RX300 respectively. Tyremen & MyTyres do tyres on wheels (steels and alloys) packages but I'm not sure how pricey they are. If you look on ebay.de (ebay germany) you can often pick up some part worn winters for some quite keen prices. They normally still have very useable tread depth as, i believe, they have to be changed as soon as they're down to 3 or 4mm in depth. EDIT: and for what it's worth. I ordered both sets of tyres back at the beginning of October and checking the price again today on camsill and tyremen, they haven't increased since then. £117 for Avon Ice Touring ST in 225/40/18. and £99 for Vredestein Wintrac Xtreme in 215/70/16. My sister has done a bit under 5000 miles on hers and I've done just short of 3000 since mid-November and neither of us have any complaints at all.

You produce your documents to prove that you are entitled to use the registration mark you're requesting, not to prove what you're going to do with them. It's about reducing casual car cloning. And from looking at the site in it's current state, it doesn't purport to limit you to guaranteed road legal plates. There's several bits on there that say this or similar, as you've already spotted yourself. If you chose to double space the gap then, from my point of view looking in, it's your fault not the suppliers. You also say that If they do decide to give you free replacements then it will be through nothing but goodwill. Assuming something to be right or wrong isn't really a solid argument. No offence, but going to the effort of blaming the supplier, getting in touch with consumer direct and imagining that you could take this court after you bought them 5 years ago is just a bit OTT really. Get over it and find a less nazi MOT station would be my advice.

My sister in her e90 330D auto had no trouble negotiating a car park that was more akin to an ice rink on Saturday night. We haven't had snow, just sleet and freezing temps/wind that meant the sleet turned to sheet ice as soon as it landed. She's on Avon Ice Touring ST in whatever 18" size BMW 3's usually wear. 225/55 18 iirc.

Is that Swedish for *****??

I'm not sure if this thread is a joke or not, but i'll chime in anyways. It is rev noise or just roar? I've got an RX300, but one of the o2 sensors in the exhaust dropped their nuts and was hanging loose. the air escaping from the sensor hole made it pretty loud. Another occasion, the rear silencer split from the pipe (it was the original exhaust from the car i think) just behind the rear wheel and it sounded like a airplane when you floored it!

I ordered a set for my mk1 RX300 from hids4u.co.uk. They were a bit more expensive than some other places I looked and and IIRC I saw a few negative comments about them when googling but I've personally had no problems and I've been perfectly happy with the kit I was sold. They were the only ones I saw that offered ones tailored for reflector headlamps and when parked facing a wall they do have a pretty clean cut top line so there doesn't appear to be a lot of scatter. I've never been flashed or abused for blinding other drivers either, which I'm quite impressed with given the added aspect of them being higher up to start with. I chose the 35w pro-plus 5000k and I've had mine fitted for about 2 & half months now.

The button on the top right that looks sort of like... [-> I've been finding that sometimes the clock looking button next to it, which I believe is new content, sometimes just takes me to the LOC homepage.

I think, as with any change, not everyone is 100% happy but I've been on a few forums who've undergone major upgrades and changes and the majority do get used to it. http://www.lexusowne...l=&fromsearch=1 http://www.lexusowne...l=&fromsearch=1 For me though, what I have noticed is that each little sub forum has their own thread where people are commenting on the change, whereas there is very little interest in the "official" thread, as it were. ie. Threads; "We have gone all posh" in the LS forum - 279 views "After 9 years I'm out of here" in the LOC Lounge - 225 views "New Website Update" in General Discussions - 66 views Note, these are only the threads I've spotted, there could be more. EDIT: This thread has 130+ views