Exactly, the first thing I am now asking with any car I look at is what brand and condition are the tyres in. To me you can tell a lot about what tyres are on one. Cheapskates put cheap tyres on a performance car, and that gearbox issue always puzzled me.

I ideal want a dark silver one, but most are light silver at the moment so I may have to bend my rules a bit. I'd agree though, that black one is top whack, as I was gutted to miss out on a 35,000 miles 04 plate example local to me because it sold before I got the funds needed, and he let it go for £3990!!!