Can't say i blame Mytyres for being a little disinterested given the lapse either, and i'm with Galileo, never had tyre pressure monitoring and have no wish for it.

A few years ago i got some Mytyres supplied tyres fitted by one of the mobile fitters found on their website, no problems except the price charged was near enough double the one advertised.

For purely courteous reasons i sent Mytyres an email explaining their info was wrong, short while later they answered requesting a scan of the receipt, which i supplied, and to my pleasant surprise unasked for they reimbursed the difference and corrected their web entry.

Apart from that genuine error which they promptly sorted i have bought from the company many times for self and family, and other online tyres sellers too, in no particular order Tyreleader, Oponeo, Camskill and Tyremen, never had the slightest problem with any.

In fiftyfive years of driving I have managed perfectly well without tyre pressure sensors, apart from the gauges I've used for weekly checks.

You may well have done and indeed so have I, but there are many millions of motorists out there who never check their tyres for either pressure or condition. those people need all the help they can get.

In fiftyfive years of driving I have managed perfectly well without tyre pressure sensors, apart from the gauges I've used for weekly checks.

I certainly wouldn't pay those prices for these gadgets, especially given their likely unreliability and vulnerability to damage.

I think these are now mandatory under an EU directive so you will not have a choice other than continuing to buy older and older cars (unless of course Brexit changes things).