Winter tyre conundrum?

[dgacampbell]

Hey all,

Ok so I have been thinking about winter tyres lately, as the older I get the more concerned I get about things like stopping distances much more than how fast I can go round corners lol.

I'm sure more than a few of you are thinking the same with winter and threats of snow, ice, torrential rain and temperatures as low as -20c forcasted in the near future.

For my car on 15" Ronal aero's, the tyre size is 205/50/15,

Looking up winter tyres this leaves the option of 4 tyres (that I have found).

I have looked at maybe going with 195/55/15 which is only 1% out at 6mm taller tyre than the standard 195/60/14 tyre the cars came with.

Or 205/55/15 which is 2.88% out at 17mm taller than the original.

Both of those sizes give many more options for winter tyres.

What are you folk using, what is your advice opinion on the subject?

TIA

Dan.