[martrogers]

Merv

Mart short for Martin...

Got the tyres from Tire Rack, the famous Fred Helmuth (couldn't apologise enough for taking a whole 2 days to reply to my email!)

This is his recommendation and the costs, you can see the tyre review on their site, I asked for a recommendation on a general purpose driving (not racing) tyre:

The Sumitomo HTRZ III is a new tire that people don't know about yet,
but it has killer performance and it is under priced compared to the
rest of the market. More importantly, it outperformed the other tires
in the market.


I was unable to secure better rates by having you pick the order up at
the warehouse. They will deliver to the shipping address you provided.

The costs for the 275/40/17 Sumitomo HTR Z III is $115.00 each. You
requested 2 tires

The cost for the 245/45/17 Sumitomo HTR Z III is $99.00 each. You
requested 2 tires

The shipping quotes we received to Australia are as follows. Fed Economy
is the least expensive @ $298.60

FEDX EXPRESS (1-3 DAYS) - $ 422.26 SHIPPING METHOD FIP
FEDX ECONOMY (3-5 DAYS) - $ 298.60 SHIPPING METHOD FIE


I assume you want me to use Fed Economy 3-5 days for $298.60 + $428.00
for the tires would be a total cost of $726.60.