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Offline AlanD

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Re: New winter wheels!
« Reply #10 on: 08 January 2011, 17:31 »
They look great.

Winter wheels are a great excuse to change wheels for a certain period of time. Mix things up a bit. We dont have anywhere near enough snow in this country to warrant having winter wheels on IMO but thats a whole new can of worms.

Great choice in colour aswell :cool:

Offline p3asa

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Re: New winter wheels!
« Reply #11 on: 08 January 2011, 17:33 »
Lovely. Looks as if they were made for your R.

You'll be praying for snow now to try them out and get your moneys worth  :laugh:
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Offline AlanD

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Re: New winter wheels!
« Reply #12 on: 08 January 2011, 17:46 »
4WD winter tyre fun :D

The big old Chelsea tractor will have to move out the way.

Offline GolfTi

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Re: New winter wheels!
« Reply #13 on: 08 January 2011, 18:47 »
Looks good. :cool:

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Offline Rolfe

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Re: New winter wheels!
« Reply #14 on: 08 January 2011, 19:08 »
They look great.

Winter wheels are a great excuse to change wheels for a certain period of time. Mix things up a bit. We dont have anywhere near enough snow in this country to warrant having winter wheels on IMO but thats a whole new can of worms.

Great choice in colour aswell :cool:

Hah, says "South London la la la"!

What a sheltered life you lead!



Great wheels by the way.

Rolfe the frozen.

Offline Jimble

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Re: New winter wheels!
« Reply #15 on: 08 January 2011, 19:51 »
They look great.

Winter wheels are a great excuse to change wheels for a certain period of time. Mix things up a bit. We dont have anywhere near enough snow in this country to warrant having winter wheels on IMO but thats a whole new can of worms.

Great choice in colour aswell :cool:

Hah, says "South London la la la"!

What a sheltered life you lead!



Great wheels by the way.

Rolfe the frozen.
To be fair Rolfe, you are in a different country! :grin:
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Currently pootling around in our family wagen, a Tiguan SEL 😂

Offline R32UK

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Re: New winter wheels!
« Reply #16 on: 08 January 2011, 19:59 »
love the car!! not so keen on the wheels (or maybe I am the only one being honest?? :lipsrsealed:)

anyway they are on there to serve a purpose... you should have no trouble what so ever with AWD and winter tyres  :cool: :cool:

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Re: New winter wheels!
« Reply #17 on: 08 January 2011, 20:07 »
To be fair Rolfe, you are in a different country! :grin:

Same country as me   :laugh:
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Offline MAW73

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Re: New winter wheels!
« Reply #18 on: 08 January 2011, 20:12 »
Great choice of wheels there. They look very nice indeed.  :cool:



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Re: New winter wheels!
« Reply #19 on: 08 January 2011, 20:16 »
^To be fair Rolfe, you are in a different country! :grin:

Good point!  (You've seen that yellow-and-black badge on Prospero's windscreen....)

Rolfe.