Hi Everyone (My first post into Honest John).

I've just got myself a nearly new Ford C-max 2.0 tdci (and very good it is too). I traded in my 2005 Ford Focus for which I had a set of 16" winter tyres (expensive Michelin's).

The Cmax has 17" wheel, so I cannot merly swap them over come the right time.

Do I either:

(a) buy new 16" wheels (alloys or otherwise - say £350 and fit the Winter Tyres) The idea then would be to change them over as and when required.

(b) sell them and but 17" all weather tyres and keep tthese on all year.

Looking at prices I could get all weather tyres (215 50 r17 or 235 50 R17) for about the same price as summer tyres, so my logic is why buy another set of tyres at bigger expense and also have the cost of £40 to have them fitted and another £40 to have them removed. And if you did this every winter this does really start to add up.

Or do I buy another set of alloys. 4 winters of changing over at £80 a shot would just about pay for a set of alloys.

Only downside I guess is that you don't get everything in terms of great summer performance, long life and winter trip all into one, or do you?

Appreciate peoples thoughts on the way to go.