but you had an empty garage space... so where is the swap that gives you the SM tyres back for N100? the only way I see it working, is that you selected the mini then swapped it for the clio... this raises the question: should you be able to use a 'swap' just to get a tyre compound back without changing any cars?
The main reason I changed cars was not because of the tire compound, but because I was sick of getting swamped on the grid in the Alpine. I prefer to keep a slot open for the future. In other words, I swapped the Alpine A110 for the Clio RS.