I can't imagine buying any of those tbh all a bit gimmicky. But I do like Rainx, that's on my shopping list. I prefer the useful accessories rather than stickers etc.

Having just bought a Skoda I've bought quite a few accessories and little add-ons such as:...

Most of this is simply down to basic manners. If you wanted to pass someone on narrow pathway while on foot the normal curtecy would apply. A simple 'excuse me while I pass' does it without problem or offence. However put someone on a bike or in a car and all rules of poilte behaviour are suspended. There was nothing to stop this particular cyclist from slowing right down, making his prescence known by speaking to skidpan and requesting to pass.

I have some sympathy with cyclists because the roads seems very dangerous sometimes so the pavement is a nice option, but surely if decent manners and common sense were used the problem would not exist. However the cycling 'gestapo' do not do the cyclists cause any good at all. Seemingly expecting a complete free hand because they are saving the planet, yeah right!! Extremism in any form is just that. Not a nice trait....

I'm perplexed by the OP's statement that they'd looked into ex funeral cars but the sums didn't add up. I've never gone onto Autotrader looking specifically for such a car but I do notice them from time to time, and they often strike me as being exceptional value for money.

Noticed this Omega a few days ago:...

I have 3 cars, one, an Alfa 159 which, even at walking pace, can scrape the spoiler on our local bumps. I have also had to replace the rear springs that were broken when I had a full load. I stress that I drive VERY carefully over these bumps. My other cars are a 1962 Triumph TR4 that cannot be taken on any road with speed humps in our city, Carlisle, because they will rip off the exhaust and I also have a 1927 Morris Cowley which can cope with the bumps but they are likely to eject driver and passengers from their seats!

What attempts have been made? The usual cause is corrosion around the rim where the tyre bead sits. Take a mug of water, add six drops of washing up liquid and, using a paint brush, paint in the groove where the tyre meets the rim. Bubbles will show where the problem is. Take the wheel off to do both sides. Mark with chalk. Find a back street second hand tyre wallah who should be able to cure it for a tenner with a good scrape and wire brushing and smear of black bituminous gunge. If the wheel is dinted and out of balance it will be obvious when he spins it on the balancer. Unless you have regular long high speed motorway runs a mild imbalance can be negated to tolerable levels with weights. If the dint is too severe, you could try beating it out with the aid of a blow lamp - carefully with alloy because it will crack more easily than steel. Use a large round-headed hammer, or small sledge hammer via an old spoon or piece of wood to disperse the blow. I have done this in the past with success when there is nothing to lose if it cracks. Might be worth painting the tyre as well - I was recently fooled by rim corrosion AND an invisible tiny nail!