Today I had to replace an aluminium rim again, because it was broken after a pothole. When I approached my tyre dealer that I was totally dissatisfied with my 195/45/16 (too hard, too sensitive) he quickly listed me the list of available wheel/tire combinations. In summary, the list can be said: The wider the tires, the bigger the wheel and the lower the flank height. What I wanted, namely as wide as possible (for driving and Stability) and as normal cross-section as possible upwards (for the Komofort), that was not the case for my car. However, this would not be due to my car, the tyre dealer said, but there would be such combinations (wide and high) generally rare for cars. Only for off-road vehicles. He said that this was due to the fact that there was simply no demand for it. Whoever wants a wide tire would usually want a small cross-section. Even if the ride comfort would suffer. But this is mainly an optical thing. In the 90s, what I wanted was completely normal. He said that the tyre width had a significant influence on the driving situation in borderline and emergency situations, whereas the flank height was only marginal. Is that true? And if so, why? I don’t quite understand it. Wide tires for driving and high flanks for comfort would have to be a sales hit after all?