That's my impression from looking at my neighbors dad's svt. Sorry if it angers you but that's what I see when I look at em.
I think that the fact that people are all wound up about the focus wheels (exact same in 17") says alot.
The spokes on the E1's are too thin in my view
I've seen a lot of modded tours that have the 5 spoke aftermarket wheels (RS5 I think) that are of a very similar design.
When I looked at my car in one driveway and the 98 in the next driveway over, my wheels look to be much higher quality. I'm rambling on and since I have a '00 I don't want to change any unbiased posters.
I've never done a poll, can anyone find a close-up shot of the 98 and 00 and post a poll?
And I didn't want to mention the 5 horsepower

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