Which way is the Prius c tire thread??

Hey I know y'all have one hiding around here somewhere, a thread with a list of all the tires anyone bothered to try and post about. Right? Or maybe we get to make one?

I'm trying to make some decisions for winter. Everything I've read about the Prius coupled with everything we have experienced in gas-powered FWD cars tells us we are going to need snow tires for this c.

I have a set of rims lying around from another car. I haven't done a test fit yet, but from the specs it looks like they will match up. However, they're 14", which limits the actual tire choices. I found a Nitto NT-SN2 in 195/65R14 which would match the stock tire outer diameter. I've never had a Nitto tire, do not know anything about their winter grip- anyone?

We find that it is worth hanging snow tires from late November through mid-March, maybe April 1 around here.

 

Well hang on, ours showed up with Goodyear Assurance fuel-max-o-tron pro gold or whatever. Anyway it's a goodyear in 175/65R15, and I've got a tire size calculator telling me that the outside diameter of that setup is 24" overall; 872 revs per mile. The Nitto I found is 24.1", 861 revs per mile. You don't get much closer than that when shift-sizing tires.

How sensitive is this computer anyway?

 

I will test hang a wheel to verify. I figured a prius wouldn't be likely to have large brakes, but you never know.

 

mind you, this is going onto a c. Everythings a bit smaller.