you will see all sorts of “factory take-offs” for sale on eBay - anywhere from $1000-$2000 for these sets of wheels. I would not be overly surprised if many of those are actually stolen wheels.

when I bought my last vehicle (2011) the salesman had mentioned that thieves would steal the wheels off vehicles, break in and remove radios, etc. This was a fairly large, well known dealership - in an upper middle-class area on a very busy and very well lit street.

as someone in engineering there is no doubt in my mind this went all the way to the top; if not, damn near it.

I agree; meanwhile, the honda civic gets two articles (*this is it!!11* and *this is it without chrome!!!*) and the mazda cx-9 gets (*this is it!* and *here is an excuse why 250hp isn’t that bad)... what drivel

I will take an “outdated” tail end over an “outdated” 250hp CX-9