No offense to your wife but if she can "feel every painted line on the road" then she's not keeping in her lane and that might explain why she is not enjoying her driving. RE003s are very good tyres for handling and grip, especially in the wet and you should keep them. CL9s handle excellently and better than most sedans. How long has she had it for? Maybe she just needs to get used to it.
I think the whole profile thing and size or rim is overblown. I mean we're talking a difference of one inch here in rims size and a difference in profile of something like 50 to 55. It's not a big jump and those who claim to feel the difference probably have hypersensitive butts.
I drove a CL9 base model on 16 inch 50 profile Turanzas for years and recently bought a CU2 on 18 inch rims with a 45 profile. I can feel the difference but is it big enough of a difference to have to change my rims and tyres? No! But that's just me.
Maybe your wife just wants a new European car or an SUV! Women are cunning... don't forget that!
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