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When I bought my 6 year old Brooklands it had 5 new Avon ZV7s fitted. The dealer did this as it was an MOT fail due to cracking. The cracks had been advisories for the 3 years before. See history below
Now it had basically stood doing between 800 & 300 miles pa before I bought it at 9000 miles. The dealer initially had only replaced 4 tyres not the spare. If you looked closely at the spare under the tyre dressing the cracks were there so I got a new one as part of the deal.

MORGAN ROADSTER
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Colour
Green
Fuel type
Petrol
Date registered
13 June 2014
MOT valid until
9 September 2021
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MOT history
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Date tested
10 September 2020
PASS
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Mileage
9,019 miles
MOT test number
5652 9463 8323
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Expiry date
9 September 2021
Date tested
23 June 2020
PASS
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Mileage
8,931 miles
MOT test number
3559 2936 9205
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Expiry date
22 June 2021
Date tested
12 June 2020
FAIL
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Mileage
8,910 miles
MOT test number
2892 5018 5792
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Do not drive until repaired (dangerous defects):
Stop lamp(s) all not working (4.3.1 (a) (iii))
Repair immediately (major defects):
Rear fog lamp not working (4.5.1 (a) (ii))
Rear fog lamp switch inoperative (4.5.3 (a) (ii))
Monitor and repair if necessary (advisories):
All tyres deteriorating on outer sidewall (Splitting)
What are defects and advisories?
Date tested
28 May 2019
PASS
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Mileage
8,578 miles
MOT test number
7662 9692 0757
Test location
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Expiry date
12 December 2020
Monitor and repair if necessary (advisories):
Tyre slightly damaged/cracking or perishing all tyres (5.2.3 (d) (ii))
What are advisories?
Date tested
28 May 2019
FAIL
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Mileage
8,578 miles
MOT test number
7522 1907 2779
Test location
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Repair immediately (major defects):
Reversing lamp inoperative (4.6.1 (a))
Nearside Headlamp aim too low (4.1.2 (a))
Monitor and repair if necessary (advisories):
Tyre slightly damaged/cracking or perishing all tyres (5.2.3 (d) (ii))
What are defects and advisories?
Date tested
21 May 2018
PASS
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Mileage
7,784 miles
MOT test number
1083 1070 5544
Test location
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Expiry date
12 June 2019
Monitor and repair if necessary (advisories):
Nearside Front brake disc worn, pitted or scored, but not seriously weakened (3.5.1i)
Offside Front brake disc worn, pitted or scored, but not seriously weakened (3.5.1i)
All tyres deteriorating
What are advisories?
The MOT test changed on 20 May 2018
Defects are now categorised according to their severity – dangerous, major, and minor. Find out more

Date tested
18 May 2018
FAIL
Mileage
7,779 miles
MOT test number
7122 9605 2798
Test location
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Reason(s) for failure
Nearside Headlamp aim too high (1.8)
Nearside rear brake binding (3.7.B.1)
Offside rear brake binding (3.7.B.1)
Rear Brakes imbalanced across an axle (3.7.B.5b)
Advisory notice item(s)
Nearside Front brake disc worn, pitted or scored, but not seriously weakened (3.5.1i)
Offside Front brake disc worn, pitted or scored, but not seriously weakened (3.5.1i)
All tyres deteriorating

Now there is a car that needs using.