I bought mine 2 times RM15 per piece (from Honda SC). I agree it's not cheap

205/45/R16 is not a wise choice as the wheel will end up having less circumference and you end up with a speedo showing speeds faster than actual. Not necessarily a bad thing, but then the paranoid will say more wheel rotations per mile means less bearing life even if it might not be possible to prove it.

You can check the difference here, just enter both sizes with the stock size in tire 1
https://tiresize.com/comparison/

Furthermore, you mentioned comfort biased driver. Being comfort biased, you should opt to take a higher profile rather than lower profile. At 215/55, you have 118mm or tire sidewall while using a narrower 205/45 profile you have only 92mm of sidewall height giving you less plushiness when you go over rough roads. Unless you are doing it for looks, it doesn't go in accordance to your directions. Furthermore, it might look worst due to increased fender gap on the wheels.

Just my 2 cents

Ohh, wasn't aware of that. Might as well you wait until the tire is down to it's minimal thread depth before deciding. I am sure there are other options out there that you can purchase. All 205 width tires and above is usually never cheap in the first place anyways.

https://forum.lowyat.net/topic/3005924

I believe PS3st is still in the market, it is still listed in Michelin malaysia. I got a pair mid last year when PS4 was launched. But, it might be old stock or something. Not sure.

http://www.michelin.com.my/MY/en/tires/pro...ot-sport-3.html

Anyways, it makes no sense to swap just because the tire is expensive. You have it already and you might as well use it up first before deciding next course of action.

Wow! 2 years. Kudos.

You can try your luck. I think it might still be around.

Actually, tires that are slightly older are better. They tend to wear slower as the compound hardened a bit sitting on the shelf. Might not have the best of grip, but it won't be terrible.

You can try to call Hock Li or Hin Leong in Klang jalan Kapar to try your luck. No need to travel all your way down there to find out.

I believe PS3 and PS4 is also priced very differently as my 205/45r17 was slightly below RM400 and PS4 of the same size at that time was way over that.

Sifus, been driving my 1.8 for 3 weeks and got average of 13km/liter. 75 city 25 highway.

Using Shell 95, is the mileage acceptable?

Interested to know this too. Anyone can comment?