What wheels ?

[Sean G]

Could well be genuine 18” Pretoria option alloys fitted to it

[SRGTD]

Yes I was about to ask why the hell a dealer demo car had non oem wheels. Really strange.

Do you think they will tell the buyer about declaring those to their insurance company?

I very much doubt they’d tell the buyer. The dealer’s primary concern will be getting the car sold. I wonder what they did with the original factory wheels?

Also seem to remember seeing on the forum very recently a grey (Moonstone Grey?) mk8 GTI Clubsport with 19” Brescia alloys. Think it was posted by Evo1986 and the car was at Cheltenham VW. There was another at Wrexham VW - link to video was posted by @Guzzle in another thread.

IMO the mk8 Clubsport does look better with either Pretoria’s or Brescia’s than it does with the standard 18” Richmond alloys or 19” Adelaide’s.

[Yusee]

I wouldn’t declare it. The car has been sold to you by a franchised VW dealer. I don’t think an insurance company would get away with being able to argue it’s been modified.

[M6TT F]

I’ve just insured my clubsport. I had a few issues getting a quote. As it’s a new model, quite a few insurers don’t yet have it on the system. I picked it up using the VW 5 day drive away policy. I got a quote from them, and it was better than any quote I’d managed to get online by quite some margin. I also enquired about changing the wheels to 19s, and they had no problem, and no extra charge

[fredgroves]

I wouldn’t declare it. The car has been sold to you by a franchised VW dealer. I don’t think an insurance company would get away with being able to argue it’s been modified.

I once bought a second hand Ford, from a main dealer. The car had several things added by the previous owner that were not standard on that model, they came from higher trim levels. I wrote the car off and when debating the value with the insurance company it became clear that there were modifications but how was i supposed to know that? Anyway, i paid for a better car than the payout from the insurance. Guess I was lucky not to get the policy cancelled.

Hence me being a little concerned about someone putting another naive person in that mess.

[Yusee]

I've always been very meticulous about my insurance. In this instance I don't see how they could possibly be able to cancel the policy.
I suppose if this mk8 was stolen, the claims assessor could argue that the car was made massively more desirable by changing those terrible standard wheels

[fredgroves]

Conversely, should be safe from theft with the standard eighteens. You could leave it unlocked in a car park and expect it still to be there when you come back 

[Yusee]

 

[Guzzle]

Lots of different wheel options in the VW accessories catalogue

https://www.volkswagen.co.uk/owners-and-drivers/accessories-and-merchandise/accessories

[MEZZA]

That’s a very nice looking car. Like a more modern mk7.

Agree with that and thanks for the info Clarky92 - the black body colour helps to disguise that very large lower grille imo and together with the wheels makes the car look a bit more "macho"