« Reply #22 on: 05 July 2017, 16:31 »
Hope to be going down later in the summer so I'll make you a batch.
She has Pretoria's on it, the car has every extra she could tick.
Aww, thank you

I'm touched.
And hungry.

Your sis's car certainly sounds like the sort of car to keep hold of for a very long time. A truly special Golf (OK a CSS is more special and an R a better all rounder but this sits squarely in the middle being both very special and also very practical).
Back to replica wheels, it's not unheard of for dealers to replace damaged wheels on used cars with reps as they are often cheaper than decent referbs, especially on diamond cuts. I bet there a fair few people driving round on reps that don't even know it.
I'd would go absolutely spare if they put a rep on my car.
I bought a mk6 with replica Monza's on it, only found out when they were covered in white worm after a couple of years never really got a final outcome as I traded it in for a mk7 when I took it in to them.
Independant dealers are the worst for this but I've seen reps on main dealer cars.
An easy way for them to make a car look more attractive on the forecourt.

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