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I like the look of the smaller wheels. I don't like the look of low profile tires. Better range, longevity and resilience are all just icing on the cake for me.

The only advantage for the lower profile tires (since I don't prefer them for looks) would be that they can handle better. But, that would also depend on the type of tire used. I'm at a stage of life where the small advantage in handling is not worth the compromises in comfort and reliability and needing to swap to high performance tires for the warm dry months is not something I'd want to deal with. So, all of the potential advantages of the larger wheels are lost on me:
  • looks? not for me
  • handling? not enough to live with the other downsides

We live in south Florida and can keep summer tires on year round. (After a career spent mostly in snow climes and being a tire stickler, I hope never to have to do a seasonal wheel swap again.)

The big issue here is dealing with torrential rains part of the year and, perhaps counterintuitively, the best high-performance summer tires also excel in wet slalom and braking over all-seasons. The Pirelli P-Zeroes on our Air Dream Performance are superb at this, almost on a par with my all-time favorites, the Continental D/W series.
 
We live in south Florida and can keep summer tires on year round. (After a career spent mostly in snow climes and being a tire stickler, I hope never to have to do a seasonal wheel swap again.)

The big issue here is dealing with torrential rains part of the year and, perhaps counterintuitively, the best high-performance summer tires also excel in wet slalom and braking over all-seasons. The Pirelli P-Zeroes on our Air Dream Performance are superb at this, almost on a par with my all-time favorites, the Continental D/W series.
Same, but for the SUV I want to be able to take it to Tahoe, etc.

For the Air I’m keeping my 21s
 
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