Yes, I'm very fussy about wheels.
The Volvo has the correct, and nicest, of the old alloy wheels, corona I think.
Triumph has original chrome nave plates (alias "hub caps" to the unititiated) plus chrome rim embelishers.
Landrover has plain steel wheels in "limestone".
What I hate are tatty plastic trims in off-grey held on by cable ties. Bare steel wheels would look nicer.
I watched a man in a nearly new Mercedes wreck an alloy wheel last week. He parked by driving slowly up onto the pavement at a glancing angle and then dropped down into the gutter. As his front wheel hit the kerb there was a metalic crunch. His extreme low profile tyre was pinched hard, and he chipped a lump out of the edge of the wheel. When he had walked off I looked at the wheel - there was a crack radiating from the point of impact.
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