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I'm thinking of buying a nearly new Lexus IS 300 and have the choice of models with 16 or 17-inch wheels. Do you have an opinion of whether one is better than the other?
I have owned a Golf GTI for the past 15 years and have found it lively, providing a comfortable ride on 16-inch wheels. I am now about to change, but am torn between a one year old Golf GT or a similar...
I will be fitting some winter tyres to my new Honda CR-V. Would I be better changing the wheels from the current 18-inch to 17s and would steel wheels be okay if I go down to 17s?
I have a 2013 Nissan Qashqai 1.6 diesel with four-wheel drive on standard 18-inch wheels. The ride is very hard and you have on previous occasions recommended changing for 16 or 17-inch wheels. However...
What's the best make of tyre for the Honda Jazz?
We are planning to drive to an Austrian ski resort in the next couple of weeks in our Skoda Yeti 4x4. We want to take snow chains and wondered if we should buy them to fit both the front and rear wheels...
My friend in France has a 2014 Mazda 5 with 205 x 50 x 17 tyres fitted as OE. Given the harsh ride these give, he asks if its possible to fit different size tyres to give a more comfortable ride?
Which family cars give the most comfortable rides?
There is a very distinct but unexplained noise on my Audi A3 (2003). It is a "booming", reverberating, repetitive noise - it is similar to typical road noise, yet perhaps not quite the same. It seems...
For the last few years we have purchased winter tyres and then sold the car, which has left us with a huge loss on the cost. We now wonder whether it is possible to buy a set of both wheels and tyres that...