Looking at cars 2 to 3 years old. Quite fancy dipping my toe in the PHEV pond. Problem is most of the ones I see have what I consider awful looking wheels as in this link.

 

https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202410084947669?sort=relevance&searchId=44900ab4-6f74-4be0-9c90-688876ffc756&advertising-location=at_cars&body-type=Estate&fuel-type=Petrol&fuel-type=Petrol Plug-in Hybrid&fuel-type=Petrol Hybrid&make=Skoda&maximum-mileage=80000&model=Octavia&postcode=nr14 8jb&radius=50&transmission=Automatic&year-from=2017&year-to=2021&fromsra

 

I doubt I could ever come to live with such wheels.  Is it just me who thinks they are too chav for the vehicle.

🤷‍♂️ most of the time they will be covered in road grime and not black and shiny. Personally, I think they're fine and wouldn't class them as chav-spec

All in the eye of the beholder😃 Do you know the name of that specific wheel?

👀

 

Looks like they are called vega: https://skoda-acc.com/Original, Skoda, Octavia, IV, 18, R18, alloy, wheel, VEGA, 5E3071498F, FL8, 5E3071498FFL8 

8 hours ago, Bogart said:

Looking at cars 2 to 3 years old. Quite fancy dipping my toe in the PHEV pond. Problem is most of the ones I see have what I consider awful looking wheels as in this link.

 

https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202410084947669?sort=relevance&searchId=44900ab4-6f74-4be0-9c90-688876ffc756&advertising-location=at_cars&body-type=Estate&fuel-type=Petrol&fuel-type=Petrol Plug-in Hybrid&fuel-type=Petrol Hybrid&make=Skoda&maximum-mileage=80000&model=Octavia&postcode=nr14 8jb&radius=50&transmission=Automatic&year-from=2017&year-to=2021&fromsra

 

I doubt I could ever come to live with such wheels.  Is it just me who thinks they are too chav for the vehicle.

 

There are plenty of alternative alloy rims in the Skoda accessory catalogue to choose from, such as the below 16" rim that would normally use 205/60R16 on the Octavia MK4.

 

6.5Jx16 ET46 5/112 57.1 alloy rim 5E0071496L 8Z8

https://eshop.skoda-auto.cz/cs_CZ/alu-kola/c/alloyWheels?q=%3AscoreDesc%3AcarType%3AOctavia%2BIV%2B%282019%2B%29%3ArimDiameter%3A16%22&text=#

 

Edited 26 November, 20241 yr by Carlston

On 26/11/2024 at 09:56, Bogart said:

Problem is most of the ones I see have what I consider awful looking wheels

 

They're not that good...

 

...and what's worse is that my last car was a Mk.3 (pre-facelift) L&K, with these wheels: