Changing over to snow tires on the MINI Cooper

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I just changed the Runflats over to Michelin Arctic Alpins. It took about 30 minutes including the time I took to mount one wheel on the wrong sicde of the car.
The flat-tire indicator never came on, even when I drove to the gas station to check the air pressure, and three tires were at 32 PSI, and one was at 42 PSI.
The image of the wheel in the wheelwell exaggerates the difference in the tire diameter. They are within about 1/4 Inch. I was just not careful to get the camera in exactly the same spot.

Tires

Runflat

Snow

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