Wow, was not expecting so many replys. As a senior my only winter driving is occasional at best, so I avoid the bad snow and unplowed streets. Actually all weather tires have worked fine on my last car, an Acura EL. We bought the Mini as a fun car to reclaim some of our lost youth, as I drove TR2 and MGA in early years and when the little people came along we had to go into mundane sedans. So, children, grandchildren are grown up and grampy and grammy have bought a Mini. Here, in Halifax, the norm is to mount a winter tire on steel wheels for winter months to save the alloys and run flats for summer. My concern was in order to save money, but not sacrifice safety, that the winter tires be equivalent in size, overall diameter, to the original 195/55 16, but on the less expensive 15" wheels. That seems to call for 185/65 15 and I believe 15/7" rims. Does this sound good? I like the sound of those Hankook W300 that VZ64 mentioned
