Tungsten Silver 7.5, cleaning afternoon.

[mcmaddy]

A few 'haters'!! How old are you, 10!! It's not a case of hating anything or anyone and just because you like them doesn't mean that everyone else should. It's not putting the OP car down either it's someone's personal opinion. And yes you probably will meet people who dislike the Parker wheels!

I understand that a few people don't like certain alloys.

What I do not understand is why the same people feel the need to criticise the alloys everytime someone post a picture of their new car. Which sadly appears to be the case. It is childish.

So this is aimed at me then? Do I care, not a jot. If everyone had the same opinion then we may as well not get out of bed on a morning. I don't particularly like them but you do. Hey ho, the earth still rotates and the sun comes up in the morning, who cares.

[Jim_mk7.5]

True story: as my wife approached the new GTI she heard a young boy say in an enthusiastic voice, "Look at those wheels daddy!" He was impressed with the Parker alloys. That is an unbiased opinion!

I think most people like the new alloys. There are just a few people here who seem to enjoy putting them down at every opportunity for some strange reason.

Agreed, some people don't like change and am sure would still like 15" BBS wheels on their GTI!

I saw a comment some time ago by someone saying look at them, they aren't even asymmetric but neither are the Austins and in the next sentence said how much they love the Austins!

Tungsten looks good for the GTI 

[mcmaddy]

I'm obviously biased but yes Tungsten is a very good colour for the gti 

[Daz Auto]

I'm obviously biased but yes Tungsten is a very good colour for the gti 

My opinion is that Tungsten Silver is quite a dull colour. It looks brown when it is cloudy. When it is sunny it looks like tarnished silver that needs a good clean. I think it should be renamed Retiree Silver as it is a colour that only an old person would like. It is a horrendous, terrible, horrible, awful, hideous colour. Anyone who likes it needs their eyes tested. Just my opinion!

 

Edit: the above is not actually my opinion of the colour. Sadly, people don't seem to care that what they post here can be disrespectful and offensive.

[JoeGTI]

Agreed, some people don't like change and am sure would still like 15" BBS wheels on their GTI!

Nope. I've owned a lot of performance Golfs in the last 15 years so I'm not just saying it for the sake of it or to wind anyone up.

IMO, the GTI wheels have gotten uglier in each iteration since the MK6. The original Monzas, fitted to the MK5 GTI are a design classic, instantly recognisable as a GTI wheel in the same way a 15" BBS is recognisable as a MK2 wheel. Just look at how often the Monzas have been copied and how many poor replicas of them there are out there. When they first appeared, diamond-cut wheels weren't so common so they did look very special and unique imo.

In every iteration since they've made them a slightly worse looking (I wasn't a huge fan of the Austins either with the asymmetrical axe heads) and now we have the abomination that are the parkers. Somehow I cannot see a big market for replica parkers... which you may say is a good thing I suppose.

On the Clubsport, I wish they'd fitted a more special / classic wheel, such as what was on the Edition 30. The 18's are OK but the 19" Brescia option is now available on a GTD... so its hardly "special".

[davyk31]

"Replica Parkers" lol. Now that's a plan that won't get off the ground!!!

[Daz Auto]

This review mentions the alloy at 1m55sec - https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=gRfxc5Tmj1w


"I prefer the wheels on the GTI." 

[kalimon]

True story: as my wife approached the new GTI she heard a young boy say in an enthusiastic voice, "Look at those wheels daddy!" He was impressed with the Parker alloys. That is an unbiased opinion!

I think most people like the new alloys. There are just a few people here who seem to enjoy putting them down at every opportunity for some strange reason.

Agreed, some people don't like change and am sure would still like 15" BBS wheels on their GTI!

I saw a comment some time ago by someone saying look at them, they aren't even asymmetric but neither are the Austins and in the next sentence said how much they love the Austins!
Sounds like something I'd say

Tungsten looks good for the GTI 

[mcmaddy]

I'm obviously biased but yes Tungsten is a very good colour for the gti 

My opinion is that Tungsten Silver is quite a dull colour. It looks brown when it is cloudy. When it is sunny it looks like tarnished silver that needs a good clean. I think it should be renamed Retiree Silver as it is a colour that only an old person would like. It is a horrendous, terrible, horrible, awful, hideous colour. Anyone who likes it needs their eyes tested. Just my opinion!

 

Edit: the above is not actually my opinion of the colour. Sadly, people don't seem to care that what they post here can be disrespectful and offensive.

If I didn't know any different I'd think you were a petulant child! Nothing that's been said is disrespectful or offensive towards any person. The conversation has been about the Parker wheels which some people like and some people don't. It's a bit like the Cadiz on the R, done people like some people don't.

[JoeGTI]

Exactly. If I had a quid for every time I've read on these forums and elsewhere that the R is boring, it looks like a diesel bluemotion, blah blah blah, I'd be very rich - I'd have the R well paid for anyway 

People have different opinions. Many of us legitimately like or don't like certain things whether it be colours/wheels/seats - whatever. My local dealers have a "Black Rubin" (Barney the dinosaur purple!) FL GTI spec'd up to the hilt outside their showroom. I bet they'll eventually find someone who loves it though. We're all different. Thankfully.