16" is the actual size engineered for and allows sufficient sidewall profile to deal with terrain while also ensuring the lazy luxurious ride that is the P38s hallmark (on air, I hasten to add!). Even the 18" hurricanes were a cosmetic enhancement for higher spec / facelift models and offered by the factory as only a very minor technical compromise. Any more is silly because you will never corner fast enough for sidewall flex to be a significant factor in your "lap-times". A tall 2 tonne SUV will lean too far or the tires will break traction causing TC and ABS to intervene and in the P38 you can't switch these off. The purpose of low profiles is track performance. The purpose of big wheels is to accommodate low profiles and also larger diameter brake discs. SUVs riding on low profiles, usually with regular brake discs showing through are about as pointless as a huge rear wing on a 20 year-old 1.4 litre Astra. They scream out "my owner is ignorant and just wants to look cool." A
parvenu as they used to say.
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Right, off to top up the Pimms now. Pip pip.