Aspect Ratio: 55
Tyre Width: 195
Diameter: R15

hope they do.. trying to cure some plough-on understeer I'm getting in the wet
and I wasn't even giving it any beans.. could be diesel on the road but I'm not taking the chance, I want wider tyres - end of discussion

or can anyone sort me a list of what can I get away with on normal 13" steels? and the cutoff point for having to start to limit the steering angle?

Wider tyres will have less grip on slippery lubricated surfaces, weight per surface area is decreased (leg vs snowboard scenario)

Buy good tyres, not big ones.

FWIW, I run 195/50 15's on a correct offset 7" wide wheel

I'm buying Good, Big tyres - but inexpensive - maybe alloys.. the whole package.

Dude listen to chris, he knows his acorns. You will get much more grip in the dry but if you're having problems in the wet, you'll be better with a tyre which displaces the water better.

195/50/15's will be absolutely fine if you get a good brand, continental, toyo, bridgestone - spend some cash on them. I wouldnt've said that size was big enough to really badly affect wet weather performance

Most things are over-tyred these days. Having messed around with wider, lower profile boots in the past, I've come to the conclusions that skinny tyres are the best (for my purposes).

155/80 13s FTW!

I'm winning a set of tyres for 2p , brand new "winter" soft tyres - should be perfect a tad* over "correct" pressure

I used to have winter tyres on the front of my 85' 340, that went round corners so much better... and with a bit of extra psi you don't really notice the fuel consumption increase with the softer rubber

I always get used tyres - a) they're cheap as chips, b) don't mind wearing them out in half the time because of over inflation - new tyres have too much drag, unless they're steel belted radial GT yada yada.

- the manual says 50.4MPG at 56mph, sure I get that if I really wring every mile out of the petrol but my odometer only clocks up miles now and again, no way to tell.

For this sort of purpose I think the winter compounds, slightly over inflated 44psi - really do the trick, good mileage and the grip is Nice*, for emergencies under 50mph just slam on - they pull up with an unbelievable degree o' violence, love em!, would be good for autotest