You can drive it like that (there's no fancy electronics to stop you) but it's not a particularly clever idea!
However when I used to drive my mums beige BX to Bournemouth on Friday nights when I was 18 I used to take the piss out of all the Novas/Fiestas/other s**te by driving round their little circuit in low, with my mates shouting abuse at them! those were the days
Looking at the photoshopped image I think the silver ones do look good, but I like the idea of anthracite version like these though:
Didnt swap the wheels tonght, got £60 for them instead so am gonna keep my eye open for a set of the Pug alloys for me to experiment with.