Watch a tour pro take a painful blow below the belt
Sunshine Tour pro Jacques Kruyswijk attempted to play a recovery shot from behind a tree during the first round of the Vodacom Origins of Golf. Instead, he wound up taking a brutal blow below the belt. Guys, if you're sensitive about watching this stuff, now's your time to turn away:
Video link (GolfDigest.com)
Monday, October 26, 2015
This Merger Will Hopefully Help The Industry Keep Rolling
Bridgestone announces plan to buy Pep Boys
The proposed arrangement would see Bridgestone buy out the Pep Boys chain for $15 per share, or about 23 percent over its current trading price, amounting to approximately $835 million. The move would take Pep Boys off the New York Stock Exchange, but is still pending regulatory approval as well as that of the retailer's current shareholders. The acquisition would give Bridgestone control over the 800+ locations that Pep Boys operates across the country. These would be added to what's billed as the "the world's largest chain of automotive tire and service centers," consisting of the 2,200 outlets across the country currently owned by the Japanese rubber company, to say nothing of the 5,000+ dealers and distributors with which it does business in the United States.
Once approved, the transaction is slated to close sometime in the beginning of 2016. What remains to be seen, however, is whether the move would allow Pep Boys to continue selling other brands of tires, or if it would only sell Bridgestone tires and those of its Firestone brand.
(AutoBlog.com)
The proposed arrangement would see Bridgestone buy out the Pep Boys chain for $15 per share, or about 23 percent over its current trading price, amounting to approximately $835 million. The move would take Pep Boys off the New York Stock Exchange, but is still pending regulatory approval as well as that of the retailer's current shareholders. The acquisition would give Bridgestone control over the 800+ locations that Pep Boys operates across the country. These would be added to what's billed as the "the world's largest chain of automotive tire and service centers," consisting of the 2,200 outlets across the country currently owned by the Japanese rubber company, to say nothing of the 5,000+ dealers and distributors with which it does business in the United States.
Once approved, the transaction is slated to close sometime in the beginning of 2016. What remains to be seen, however, is whether the move would allow Pep Boys to continue selling other brands of tires, or if it would only sell Bridgestone tires and those of its Firestone brand.
(AutoBlog.com)
I Want To Try These Flavors
Every Flavor of Kettle Chips, Ranked
4. Roasted Garlic
4. Roasted Garlic
- If you love garlic, take this as a ringing endorsement: My wife could tell what I was eating from her second-floor office. These things could clear a Twilight convention in a heartbeat. A sparkling, loving heartbeat. They stick with you, too. Especially when you house the whole bag.
- I’m not entirely sure what Thai dish this is emulating, but I’d like to know, because between the super-light heat, the subtle sweetness, and the mystery spices, I’d probably order it. And I’d probably pronounce it wrong.
- Living in Portland as I do, I’m kind of over the whole “maple bacon everything” crazy (it’s sooooooooo four years ago). But I will say this: In the realm of fake bacon, these beat the smoke out of most chips. And they’re not aggressively sweet, either.
Saturday, October 24, 2015
I'd Choose The 997 GT3 RS Simply Because Of The Manual Gearbox
CAR WARS! Sibling Rivalry! WHICH Porsche 911 GT3 RS Would YOU Favor? The 997 Or The 991?
While there's no question that the all-new 911 (991) GT3 RS is the closest the iconic German brand has got to actually putting a track car on the road, a lot has changed. There's a lot of all-new technology in the GT3 RS, which is a reflection of how much technology is in the brand's proper race cars. Oh, and it's really fast. Thing is though that all the reviewers that have piloted said that it's hard to tell the difference from the standard GT3 unless you get it on the track and push it to 10/10ths.
The older 997-generation GT3 RS is a different story. Still a simpleton, it took what the GT3 did and just went a bit more bonkers with it. Unlike the all-new RS model, it is a purist's dream — it lacks all the previously aforementioned technology. Think of it as an ode to analogue.
And we know these cars will command a premium going down the road.
Having said all of that, WHICH Porsche 911 GT3 RS would YOU put in your garage? The 997 or the 991?
(AutoBlog.com)
While there's no question that the all-new 911 (991) GT3 RS is the closest the iconic German brand has got to actually putting a track car on the road, a lot has changed. There's a lot of all-new technology in the GT3 RS, which is a reflection of how much technology is in the brand's proper race cars. Oh, and it's really fast. Thing is though that all the reviewers that have piloted said that it's hard to tell the difference from the standard GT3 unless you get it on the track and push it to 10/10ths.
The older 997-generation GT3 RS is a different story. Still a simpleton, it took what the GT3 did and just went a bit more bonkers with it. Unlike the all-new RS model, it is a purist's dream — it lacks all the previously aforementioned technology. Think of it as an ode to analogue.
And we know these cars will command a premium going down the road.
Having said all of that, WHICH Porsche 911 GT3 RS would YOU put in your garage? The 997 or the 991?
(AutoBlog.com)
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