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Offline hastd2

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Upgrade Alloys
« on: 26 October 2013, 22:15 »
Hi I was wondering if its worth upgrading to the Optional - 19inch Santiago Alloy at an additional cost of£965.00???

On order for BW50 I have a 5 door Pure White, Performance Pack,Keyless Entry, Full Leather & Sat Nav
Would there be anything you would drop to have the Alloy upgrade??  :undecided:

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Re: Upgrade Alloys
« Reply #1 on: 26 October 2013, 22:26 »
cost near that just for the tyres they supply it with  :whistle: an you will have to pay for every set from now on if you do take them  :wink:

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Re: Upgrade Alloys
« Reply #2 on: 26 October 2013, 22:30 »
From the options you have chosen I would drop the full leather. Not required even in Scotland. You could add the wheels and the winter pack for the heated seats and still have change left over

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Re: Upgrade Alloys
« Reply #3 on: 26 October 2013, 22:41 »
Fair comment :wink:.....but love the smell of new leather and the last couple of motors I have had, have been fitted with leather!!!
I find leather easy to clean as I have a 6 yr old in the back so it's a must    :whistle:
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Offline CraigW

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Re: Upgrade Alloys
« Reply #4 on: 26 October 2013, 22:48 »
In that case I would forget about the 19s as the 18s are perfectly good plus you would maybe have to consider also adding the DCC if you went down the bigger tyres route to soften the ride

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Re: Upgrade Alloys
« Reply #5 on: 26 October 2013, 22:49 »
I don't like leather but imo the 19's are over priced anyway, £965 for an extra inch?? If you had to pay £500 for 18's or £965 for 19's then ok, but the 18's are included at no cost, if you really like the santiagos then thats a different story?



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Offline ajmoir36

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Re: Upgrade Alloys
« Reply #6 on: 27 October 2013, 09:16 »
The 19"s do look fantastic though.
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Re: Upgrade Alloys
« Reply #7 on: 27 October 2013, 11:19 »
If you really like them you've got to spec them!

Same as any optional extra - you're unlikely to get much back on them come resale so it depends on how much you want the option.
Personally I think it's the worst value of all the options (yes, even including the Oryx!!) as the 19s still look like they need to run spacers to fill the arches. At £600 or so most of us would have specced them, at over £900 not a chance unless you're one of the people who got 12% discount which brings the overall price of the car down so much that the options start to look half decent value.
Side on the Santiagos do look a bit special.
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Re: Upgrade Alloys
« Reply #8 on: 27 October 2013, 11:47 »
Get the 19's, unfortunately you can't have it with pano roof so I had to stick to 18's on mine but I love the look of the 19's...

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Re: Upgrade Alloys
« Reply #9 on: 27 October 2013, 14:26 »
19s look awesome (in my biased opinion) but bare in mind they're a b!tch to clean and the tyres look like they're going to be expensive to replace.