Omly problem is, my 18's have fresh vreds on them bit of a predicament now lol. Might be aswell just losing out this winter, burn the vreds down, get 19's and snow tyres for 18's next year.
You could get 17" JDM wheels as the snow tyres will be slightly cheaper and they can be had for £100. A guy on here is selling snow socks.
As you said Irfan you can feel the difference just when cold. I know you guys get alot of rain on the west coast but I found winter tyres very rarely aquaplane which is handy. 2 years ago I used the snow tyres ( that was the bad winter ) and it makes a massive amount of difference to driveability and safety.
On my 172 I just used to change the tyres on the standard wheels as they are 16"s so cheap enough plus they where not in perfect nick. For my dads and brothers car they use their standard wheels aswell. For brother wifes car we change from 18" to 17" to protect the 18's and the 17" have winter tyres on them so when it snows I can just throw them on.