Skidpan - you have an email. No further comment about the moderation on the forum please, any complaints then use moderators@honestjohn.co.uk

Thanks

"Is this the new Boardroom? Are we not allowed to state the obvious.

Its bad enough when it seems we can only recommend a Toyota without being criticised but this is taking it a step too far."

You've been in this situation before, but don't seem to have learned much.

The comment about Toyota is absurd.

"Take a step back and consider what your job really is. If you think its censorship its time you left."

This is a bit rich. If you don't like how the forum is moderated, you are the one who should leave. You think you can tell moderators - on any forum - how to do their job? It doesn't work that way, as you well know.

Is this the new Boardroom? Are we not allowed to state the obvious.

It's obviously possible that a new user here with a question is trying it on. Whether it's likely or even probable is another matter.

Making accusations against those of us who've been here a while and have known 'quirks' is one thing. Plenty of us are up for robust debate.

Sticking it to a newbie with a straightforward question is another thing; a flagrant breach of site rules.

Edited 10:10 18-06-21 - grammar.

Edited by Bromptonaut on 18/06/2021 at 10:11

You may be able to date the tyre age from the side walls. New tyres going like you say in two months Impossible

"""" think that 'destroyed' is going rather over the top - from personal experience, they do cause greater wear on the inner part of the tread and on the suspension, but it really depends upon three factors""

Destroyed is exactly how I would describe front tyres that were down to the wire and iilegal

If I was told that the car I had bought had two new front tyres fitted then this is one of the first things I would have checked on delivery.

The OP says the wife said that the car was sliding all over the road in wet conditions, even with tyres in very poor state would the car perform that bad?

In his first statement the OP infers that he bought the car with a new MOT but in his last post he says the MOT was done AFTER he bought the car. Sorry but in my opinion there is an element of doubt about this post not least the time scales.

Turns out new tyres were fitted but the tracking was out by a full degree.The garage are reimbursing me for new tyres and tracking as they are obviously at fault for not checking the wheel alignment despite ticking it off on a pre sale checklist.Thanks for all your replies just relieved to get some safe tyres on car!

Thank you for coming back to update the thread. The garage could perhaps have been more thorough but these things happen. They've done the right thing and you've got a good result.

I hope you will continue to contribute to the forum, this is generally a friendly place.