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Originally posted by BrantV
A bit of exaggeration but when a 15" wheel approaches the limits of adhesion, it gives much earlier feedback that it is approaching its limits. It's like;

I do agree with you on this point. My other car has very small high profile tyres, and is very forgiving. However, in the 6 or so months we've had the MINI on 17's, it's never bitten me, and never really threatened either. Maybe if we were talking about a mid or rear engined car like an Elise I would be more likely to be swayed by these arguments.

As for smoothish roads, the MINI is more of a weekend car for us, so if the roads I'm travelling are very rough, I'll take our Toyota and leave the MINI at home When I take the MINI out, I seek good windy roads

I still stand by my original point though, and that is that the differences between the stock 16" 5 stars, and the 17"s wheels are very small.