The R may be more valuable with the carbon and collectability, sure, but the media had many a write-ups found easily anywhere on the web, which gave HEAVY praise to the 19 and up versions of the base and closing the gap (with the specs to back it up) to the R. Will the R be worth more? Sure...
Satin bronze 19". Yes, pricey but compared with what? It seems not anymore than a lot of the Asian rims and they are made in Ohio. However, there are some Asian made rims (Shelby, Apex, etc) that are in fact decent enough and cheaper..... but anything high end and REALLY lightweight seems to...
They were a little tough on my guest cancellation.... but we had a weird case. We had family in that area we hadn't seen for a long while, so while my wife was at first going to go as a "non driving guest", which was to include the reception dinner before, once they cancelled that night before...
I went earlier this month, here in Oct. I saw both types of tires, others say that can't be, but I did. the pre-2019 cars has the SS (like the one I had for the day) , and the 2019 or newer had those "cup 2 ". However, I didn't think to look at the time, maybe those 2019 and up may of been...
We did not have one, and that was on just on the 1st, 1 week ago
Overall, was a great day. Such a bummer they can't ride in the car with you to feed you real time feedback, but they did an EXCELLENT job of watching and making comments over the radio that goes to speakers in the helmets...