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[Garfield]

As well, the MINI will never bite anyone, it's a very simple and user friendly car to drive. It will only bite when made to, through rear toe out and high rear pressures. Even then, you just step on the gas to come out of it.


I am not going to argue that the wheels make such an incredible difference to everyone. But to those who do feel the difference in cars, the less unsprung weight the better.
I have nothing to gain from telling people my G-Tech results except giving people more feedback on the given situation. I'm not selling anything, nor am I gaining fame from giving out information (I wish I worked for Supertrapp).
I can still firmly say that I can feel the difference in both acceleration and handling from the lighter weight wheels. To argue with me is to not have driven both back-to-back, as many autocrossers/racers do because of wheel and tire changes before and after races.

In more cheaper terms, I'll admit that the 15's and all-seasons even feel BETTER. They made not hold a turn as long because of tire grip, but the turn-in, suspension response, and tossability are all better with the skinny little stock 15's. The only reason I'm not running 15's is because I bought wheels/tires for the Cooper S to run in Stock.

Like I've said before, I didn't do the math and then try to prove the math correct. I did a real world test, and others are saying the math proves it's correct.

I think the 17's look great, I love seeing them on my father's car. But, I believe the driving feel of them is not nearly as good as the much lighter 16's, hence the change. Something to keep in mind is that my MINI is very rarely driven "soft". The 15k miles I have on the car are all hard driven miles, same as most of the 40k on my Miata previous. This is my fun car and it's driven at the limit constantly, around every safe turn.

As it's been said before, to each their own.

Good Luck and Have Fun!

Brian