I still havent got my new tyres and lowey's tale of woe gave me the willies as here in queensland we have had constant rain for 2 weeks so we have slippy roads, new tyres are slippy reminds me of black ice from the old country.
Glad you didnt hurt yourself lowey and because of this message I am going to ask the shop to clean the tyres with whatever they should be using after fitting
Blessings