[Tcoat]

Forgive my ignorance of your licencing system but how can you drive for months without plates?


If the car was just inspected now does that mean you were driving around in a potentially unsafe vehicle for this long?


You bought the vehicle as is and that is exactly what it means. The seller has no ethical responsibility to change anything since you agreed to buy it as it sat. Besides how is it not known if the tires would have passed an inspection 5 months ago anyway. The delays and aggravating as they would be were not the result of the bad tires so that doesn't factor into it.
Now...Having said all that, I would go after them for something for the hassle and bad tires. Maybe start out asking them to cover them and bargain down to splitting the cost or something along that line. They of course will have the contract saying sold as is and could tell you to shove it though.