Only thing I would say carledo is that you can still get nicked on the way to/from an MOT on a dodgy tyre, I’d hate to get 3 points on something so daft
If I’m in doubt I’ll put a secondhand one on it, even if it fails selling something for spares or repair is easier if it’s got reasonable tyres!
Not a dig, merely an observation 😃
I can see your point, but on a personal level, i'd have to go almost exactly the same journey to get a tyre, even a second hand one! I'm not a total loony, if there's canvas showing (one of my customers almost always presents his cars to me like this) i'll throw the spare on, if that's dead too, I just drive cautiously. I've not had a problem yet and probably won't now i've retired (at least from moderns and modern-ish bangers) Whilst I'm still doing a few classics and restomods to keep me in baccy, they tend to be better cared for on the whole. The tyres I have to watch on those are the 20 year old rock hard ones!
Steve