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Will - fair enough for a track car but we live in a country with many sh4t roads. I know everyone wants to look like they drive a Touring car or similar but I think a lot of ride comfort is sacrificed.

Find me a truly light (lighter than a standard 17") wheel that won't self destruct when driven on "real" roads. There may be some about but I bet they are comedy money.

The E39 5 series always had very tall tyres and IMO handled and rode really well. Now many are on 19s about 255 (or more) wide with 30 profile tyres and I think they ride like a bag of merde.

My cousin has an A6 2.7TDI S-Line on 19s (about 35 profile and about 265 wide) and the wheels/tyres utterly ruin the car. What should be a comfy and fairly pokey cruiser is actually a teeth removing, headache inducing nightmare of a car. Yes it looks good but as an actual car, it's been wrecked by Audi at huge additional expense to the fairly nice riding standard model.

Again this is opinion sprinkled with some facts - please no one take it as an affront and get all huffy.

19" wheels - 225, 230 and 313 all weigh over 12.6kg each
17" wheels - the "dull" looking 158 (on many bog standard E90s) is well under 10kg. Mine are heavy for 17s but they are nuclear bomb proof and still under 12kg - 3.2kg less rotating weight and tyres that weigh considerably less too.