keeping the GS500, for now ?

[rscottlow]

To be fair,  I know an FR-S isn't exactly the most practical choice for an area that gets snow in the winter (I plan to eventually buy a second set of wheels and fit them with good winter tires so I can swap easily when it starts getting cold/snowy)

When the time comes, look for FR-S/BRZ/GT-86 forums and facebook groups, and also check CL for wheels with winter tires. I recently got a set of Blizzaks for my Golf R already mounted and balanced with only a couple of winters on them for $350. I found them on a local VW owner FB group from a guy who recently sold his GTI. 

[qcbaker]

When the time comes, look for FR-S/BRZ/GT-86 forums and facebook groups, and also check CL for wheels with winter tires. I recently got a set of Blizzaks for my Golf R already mounted and balanced with only a couple of winters on them for $350. I found them on a local VW owner FB group from a guy who recently sold his GTI. 

I've already checked out a couple different forums, but I hadn't really considered craigslist for wheels with tires already on them.. I'll have to keep an eye out for that. Thanks for the tip

[mr72]

FWIW when I bought my Jeep in 2015 I took the cheapo steel/small wheels/tires figuring I would want to upgrade early anyway so why pay $1500 more for wheels and tires I didn't likely want for the long term. I found a set of Wrangler Sahara wheels/tires with 300 miles on them on CL for $400, that's for FIVE. Then I sold my new stock steelies with about 300 miles on them for $300, again for FIVE.

You can certainly find a set that will work for winter for a few hundred bucks on CL as long as you are not committed to a certain look/style of wheel.

[rscottlow]

FWIW when I bought my Jeep in 2015 I took the cheapo steel/small wheels/tires figuring I would want to upgrade early anyway so why pay $1500 more for wheels and tires I didn't likely want for the long term. I found a set of Wrangler Sahara wheels/tires with 300 miles on them on CL for $400, that's for FIVE. Then I sold my new stock steelies with about 300 miles on them for $300, again for FIVE.

You can certainly find a set that will work for winter for a few hundred bucks on CL as long as you are not committed to a certain look/style of wheel.

You got an awesome deal on those. 

Winter set ups typically don't look good anyway, so looks weren't a concern for me. My winter tires are on the hideous stock wheels from a mk5 GTI.

[ShowBizWolf]

Ooooooh I like those!!!

[rscottlow]

Ooooooh I like those!!!

I don't know what they'll look like on the car yet, but I've never been a fan of the wheels VW puts on the GTI's. Mine are nowhere near as clean as the one in that photo, but it's the best picture I could find...