Torque Monster
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Yeah, I've been considering getting the 18's and then eventually getting wheels I like better at some point. I just know how I am, and that "some point" would probably be when it was time to get new tires. But by then the car would be a couple years old. So I'd spend all that time driving the car with a look that's just "okay". And I don't want just okay after spending well over $40K! But, I also don't want to be replacing bent rims. Thus the dilemma!
Test drive both sizes multiple times.
On one of my test drive visits, I took out a model with the 18s and then took out one with the 19s right after. They drove ever so slightly different. Aggressive driving felt better on the 19s by a hair. Freeway cruising was more compliant and quieter over expansion joints by a hair. Later in the evening, I thought to myself 'Would I really be able to tell the difference between the two if I hadn't driven them back to back?'
The next day I test drove only a model with the 19s. I could not remember the 18s being any better. I also hit every bump, pot hole, crack, uneven water main cover that I could find, and did so with as much speed as possible to see if anything worried me about the 19s getting bent. I felt confident, so that's what I went with.