Hey Fellas,
Thanks for the advise, i've decided to use absolutely none of it!!!
-not long after posting this i was chatting to my neighbour who fits commercial tyres out of a van type of thing, and he said he could get me what i want at pretty much trade price. and so after eyeing up tyres it was down to the yoko parada 2 or the so-3's. so being the type of guy i am i've just had 2 off parada 2's fitted to test them out. Thanks for the input fellas, it did not fall on deaf ears(or eyes!) although i did not buy what you suggested and did not buy them from who you suggested but anybody else out there will be enlightened
Had the tracking checked- nearside front +3deg(what the hell) offside front -1deg and rears -1deg. so all seems ok apart from the nearside which did take a kerbing(victim of crap driver on roundabout) , so next money arguement with the missus lined up and ready!