A little anecdote for your amusement, or you may even find a moral in it!

Coming back from Silverstone last year in the Tiger (but the story applies to any classic or even modern cars) and I pulled up at a set of lights. Behind me was a TVR Chimera. The lights changed, and I thought, why not give it some welly and see how long it takes for him to pass me. Well, as it happends a few seconds and I was history, but it was fun anyway. The adrenalin lasted me quite a while though and there was some spirited cornering at each roundabout, even though the TVR was well out of sight by then.

Got to the Crooked Billet at Staines, and I realised something was amiss in the handling department, so I slowed up a bit. I realised things were getting worse so I slowed even more, and decided to try to get off the highway asap! Next there was a loud BANG, and I stopped and got out to see what had happened.

A rear tyre had exploded, and all the steel wires were hanging out. Aaaaah! If that had happened at ***mph me and the Tigger would have been in big trouble.

The tread on the tyres was fine, and all legal, but they were old tyres which were on thecar when I bought it.

No need to write a moral of the story really. Pick one:
1. Always drive like a granny, and ride on cheap old tyres.
2. Put good tyres on your Sunbeam. You never know when your horns will come out
3. Just polish it and admire its good looks in the garage