I always assumed you’d buy something smaller eventually as you’ve mentioned the Up GTI more than once😀
I think the Polo GTI is all the car 99% of people would actually ever need.
Did I mention an up! GTI at some point?
If the up! GTI had been out 12 months or maybe a little more earlier it would have been perfect for me as all I needed were a couple of town cars at the time. One of those would’ve been a cheapish fun project.
My son ended up getting a new Ibiza FR with the same engine instead.
I don’t think I could seriously swap the Clubsport out for a Polo GTI+ but the latter is an intriguing car as going from experience with the Ibiza it’s very capable and decent quality, much cheaper and damn near as big inside
I could lease or PCP a Polo GTI+ and release some of the capital from the Clubsport to drop my mortgage if it could be done cheaply enough.
The slight issue being I’m incredibly fond of the Ed40
17 months old and the Clubsport has still only done 3600 miles
I’ve been offered a very cheap and very ratty mk5 Golf 170 TDI which night be a better option to commute in keeping the mileage off the Ed40.
The only worry there being a mk5 TDI could end up an unreliable money pit!
Hi and thank thanks
The wheels I have are 18, but 19s are available and still fit the car although they are 8.5 rather than 8.
The oem Center caps don’t fit, as they are too large. I have ordered 54mm ones from the bay.
I don’t have spacers on, but the wheels are et 42 and 8 wise instead of 7.5 so in total sit out an additional 13 mm.
The strips I got from eBay
https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.co.uk%2Fulk%2Fitm%2F112852060394
I specified GTI and then trimmed them slightly to fit which I did myself after much frustration !
The wheels (and indeed the whole car) look fab MjrSharpe.
An excellent choice. The style suits the mk7 perfectly and from the photo they look bigger than 18” yet still benefit from much cheaper smaller tyres. Great choice
Perfect width and offset for a mk7 too.
I wonder if OEM MK4 Golf wheel centrecaps would fit(?) as they’re a little bit smaller than mk7 caps.
They might be a bit too small though. I can’t remember the exact diameter of them now. I’ll see if I can find one to measure buried in a box somewhere in my garage.