Brescia or Parker

[Jim_mk7.5]

I went along today to see the 18" Parkers in the flesh (metal), and I see what you guys mean, the pictures don't really do the wheel justice and it is not a bad looking wheel, just the Brescia is that bit more special I think!

Completely gone off Atlantic Blue and onto Indium and now Issac is growing on me! 

Here's a couple of pictures of my old 7.5 in indium with the Parkers.

[Catnapper]

The Parkers look fine in the flesh but the Brescias are that bit nicer.

I’m not a huge fan of Atlantic Blue personally and would go Indium (a Scirocco colour!).
Atlantic is one of those colours you’d really have to stay on top of and will show up swirls big time.

Thank you Exonian, yes - the Atlantic Blue car I test drove, that was one of the things I noticed, the dreaded swirl marks! It would take a lot of maintenance and probably any stone chips etc would really show up.

As you say, Indium is a Scirocco colour! So Brescias and Indium? 

MMMMM Brescia's & Indium - sounds vaguely familiar!!!!

[dean5125]

I went along today to see the 18" Parkers in the flesh (metal), and I see what you guys mean, the pictures don't really do the wheel justice and it is not a bad looking wheel, just the Brescia is that bit more special I think!

Completely gone off Atlantic Blue and onto Indium and now Issac is growing on me! 

Here's a couple of pictures of my old 7.5 in indium with the Parkers.

I have to admit that indium does look stunning when clean...…

Jim, was your old car the performance too? The exhausts look like it is?

[Jim_mk7.5]

I went along today to see the 18" Parkers in the flesh (metal), and I see what you guys mean, the pictures don't really do the wheel justice and it is not a bad looking wheel, just the Brescia is that bit more special I think!

Completely gone off Atlantic Blue and onto Indium and now Issac is growing on me! 

Here's a couple of pictures of my old 7.5 in indium with the Parkers.


I have to admit that indium does look stunning when clean...…

Jim, was your old car the performance too? The exhausts look like it is?

It was the 230bhp model but they have the same exhaust tips 

Didn't look too bad when dirty either 

[Jim_mk7.5]

I went along today to see the 18" Parkers in the flesh (metal), and I see what you guys mean, the pictures don't really do the wheel justice and it is not a bad looking wheel, just the Brescia is that bit more special I think!

Completely gone off Atlantic Blue and onto Indium and now Issac is growing on me! 

Here's a couple of pictures of my old 7.5 in indium with the Parkers.

I have to admit that indium does look stunning when clean...…

Jim, was your old car the performance too? The exhausts look like it is?

It was the 230bhp model but they have the same exhaust tips 

Didn't look too bad when dirty either 

[dean5125]

I went along today to see the 18" Parkers in the flesh (metal), and I see what you guys mean, the pictures don't really do the wheel justice and it is not a bad looking wheel, just the Brescia is that bit more special I think!

Completely gone off Atlantic Blue and onto Indium and now Issac is growing on me! 

Here's a couple of pictures of my old 7.5 in indium with the Parkers.

I have to admit that indium does look stunning when clean...…

Jim, was your old car the performance too? The exhausts look like it is?

It was the 230bhp model but they have the same exhaust tips 

Didn't look too bad when dirty either 

Did they really have the same tips? I thought they increased the diameters on the performance but it wouldn't be the first time I've been wrong!

I thought you'd have been crazy to swap like for like to go 1 year newer, £££££'s!!! Is there a notable difference in performance between the two, I've never been out in a 'standard' Mk 7-7.5 GTI?

[Jim_mk7.5]

I went along today to see the 18" Parkers in the flesh (metal), and I see what you guys mean, the pictures don't really do the wheel justice and it is not a bad looking wheel, just the Brescia is that bit more special I think!

Completely gone off Atlantic Blue and onto Indium and now Issac is growing on me! 

Here's a couple of pictures of my old 7.5 in indium with the Parkers.

I have to admit that indium does look stunning when clean...…

Jim, was your old car the performance too? The exhausts look like it is?

It was the 230bhp model but they have the same exhaust tips 

Didn't look too bad when dirty either 

Did they really have the same tips? I thought they increased the diameters on the performance but it wouldn't be the first time I've been wrong!

I thought you'd have been crazy to swap like for like to go 1 year newer, £££££'s!!! Is there a notable difference in performance between the two, I've never been out in a 'standard' Mk 7-7.5 GTI?

Yes, same exhaust tips as VW fitted the larger tips to the facelift models.

Both company cars and changed jobs so got the Performance version when I started my new job as it was available with no lead time 

[dean5125]

I went along today to see the 18" Parkers in the flesh (metal), and I see what you guys mean, the pictures don't really do the wheel justice and it is not a bad looking wheel, just the Brescia is that bit more special I think!

Completely gone off Atlantic Blue and onto Indium and now Issac is growing on me! 

Here's a couple of pictures of my old 7.5 in indium with the Parkers.

I have to admit that indium does look stunning when clean...…

Jim, was your old car the performance too? The exhausts look like it is?

It was the 230bhp model but they have the same exhaust tips 

Didn't look too bad when dirty either 

Did they really have the same tips? I thought they increased the diameters on the performance but it wouldn't be the first time I've been wrong!

I thought you'd have been crazy to swap like for like to go 1 year newer, £££££'s!!! Is there a notable difference in performance between the two, I've never been out in a 'standard' Mk 7-7.5 GTI?

Yes, same exhaust tips as VW fitted the larger tips to the facelift models.

Both company cars and changed jobs so got the Performance version when I started my new job as it was available with no lead time 

ahh... company cars makes sense!! I bet there aren't too many of those knocking around as rep mobiles though... they don't know what they're missing!

Oops....apologies all I think I may have hi-jacked the OP!

OP if you're going to pay out the extra for the Brescia's why not go the little extra on top of that, get the DCC and have absolutely no worries!!

[kmpowell]

OP if you're going to pay out the extra for the Brescia's why not go the little extra on top of that, get the DCC and have absolutely no worries!!

Agreed - Isaac Blue, Brescias and DCC for the win...





.. but then, I am biased.

  

[Yusee]

Brescia- lovely historic town
Sevilla- another beautiful city
Santiago- I've always wanted to go to South America
Parker?

Why do the standard wheels get an uncool crap name? Good little trick that from the marketing people. Sell more bigger wheels and DCC.That's how you sell a golf for 40k!!