>>>>From what I've heard, you can't rely on a jag, esp. E-types! :-)
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>>>Used to be true, I think. FWIW, I've had my S-type for more than 4 years and I don't think I've had even one unscheduled service, except for a flat tire.
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>>It's amazing how rare flats are these days. In fact, I don't think, in 24 years of driving that I've ever had to change a flat. I remember as a kid, my dad having to change a flat every few years.
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>On my dad's first car (or so-called car, it was a pre-Yugo version of Fiat 600), after about 6000km, he had to replace all four within a month.
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>Nowadays, car tires are really good. Still, on the highways here, there are only two kinds of trash: roadkill and blown tires. Judging by the size of the fragments, I guess they're mostly coming from trucks, which usually have enough extra wheels to be able to sustain a tire explosion without crashing, so the truck owners seem to make sure the front pair is in top shape, and the rest can be worn to the end.

I've noticed that there are a lot fewer lorry tyre shreds on the motorways than there used to be.
Like you say, they're usually only lorry tyres, as car tyre blow-outs are usually accompanied by the car!
That's the reason why I had both my rear tyres changed this time (well had them rotated with the front, which were new just last year for the roadworthiness test).