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18"/45 v 17"/55 Profile Wheel/Tyre comparison on Avensis T27

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Today I went on to my Winter tyres (~1 month early, for reasons that I won't go into here) but it did give a very good opportunity to compare.

Summer tyres: Continental SportContact 5 225/45 R18 95Y XL on Toyota OEM alloys, Winter tyres: Continental WinterContact TS850P 215/55 R17 98V XL on Toyota OEM alloys (from an Avensis T4) both sets with only a couple of thousand miles on them, so pretty comparable in terms of wear.

Noticeably more comfortable ride & less road noise on the higher profile Winters but more understeer & a bit more tippytoe feeling on turning in. Admittedly it is still slightly above the optimum temperature for their compound.

If anybody has been thinking of going onto 18"s I honestly think that overall you are better sticking to 17"s.

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