I just think it's a shame they only offer the choice of one eighteen and one nineteen. Changing wheels for third party ones is not without potential insurance minefield problems and as you say choosing nineteens has potential negative effects on ride, extra co2 and extra tyre costs. Quite frankly it's a bit disappointing from vw on a 34k plus car.
Agree, the insurance side of things is a potential minefield, as each insurance company will have its own specific approach to modifications, so how receptive they’ll be to a policyholder changing the wheels (or making any other mods for that matter) is a big unknown.
I’ve changed the wheels on my last three VW’s. On the last two cars, I changed them for wheels from the VW accessories range of alloys. There was no change in premium for the first wheel change, but I was charged an additional premium of around £18 the second time.
This time on my current car I bought non-VW wheels, although there are exactly the same spec (width, diameter, offset, VW OEM centre bore size, and pretty much the same weight) as the OEM alloys and are TUV approved and JWL certified. There was no change in premium for my current wheel change.
Agree that the wheel choice offered by VW is disappointing - particularly when they don’t generally offer an alternative to diamond cut alloys that they seem to be obsessed with
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