Just been told that from April any tires over 6 years old will fail the not regardless of condition, anybody else heard this?

Looking for a diagnostics system for my p38 and seen these on eBay 221669412343 And wondered if anyone had used one?

My battery went totally dead in two days to the point of needing to enter the key code, charged the battery etc and away she went but I have the abs, brake warning and traction lights on on the dash, also the brake pedal travels about half way down, there was no problem before the battery went...