They do. They really, really do. And if I still could, I definitely would.
We used to have a black Clio with skinny wheels (19″, I think), and while it looked like the Bee’s whiskers and the handling was exciting around the back roads of West Sussex, the ride was . . . more than a bit on the ‘firm’ side.
Probably had nothing to do with my spine collapsing ten years later. Probably. But from now on it has to be full, fat tyres for me. My Astra GTC had 17″ wheels and my Golf GT has 18″ and I can feel the difference.