Air Jordan 9 Low “Pantone”
(NiceKicks.com)
Tuesday, June 7, 2016
Donuts Of The World
24 International Donuts You Need to Try
Japan: An-doughnut
Japan: An-doughnut
- The Japanese analogue of our American donut is the An-doughnut, fried dough with a red bean-paste filling. If you want to snag one while visiting Tokyo, head to country-wide chain Mister Donut. If you want to snag one stateside... um, good luck? This should keep you busy while you save up for a trans-Pacific flight.
- It's hard to narrow down the popularity of Buñuelos to one South American country, as this diminutive pastry rules the entire continent. They're thinly rolled balls of yeast dough, often soaked in anis, and filled with sweet or savory filling, and present in almost every country in Central and South America. Most importantly, Buñuelos are known as a sign of good luck and fortune. A rule that should apply to all donuts -- international and domestic.
These Cars Have Aged Very Well
7 Cars That Have Been Consistently Brilliant Throughout Their Long Lives
1. BMW M3
2. Nissan Skyline GT-R
7. Porsche 911
Complete list (CarThrottle.com)
1. BMW M3
2. Nissan Skyline GT-R
7. Porsche 911
Complete list (CarThrottle.com)
Monday, June 6, 2016
There's Some Good Reasons For It
Why Do Europeans Remove the Badges From Their Luxury Cars?
And so, the result is that basically everyone in Europe de-badges their luxury vehicles. If you’re poor, you don’t want people to know you’re poor, and if you’re rich, you don’t want people to know you’re rich.
(Jalopnik.com)
What I have discovered is that there are two
reasons. At the bottom level, Europeans remove the badges because they
don’t want people to know that they went for some base-level crapbox
instead of a real powertrain. In this sense, Europeans are far more vain
than us Americans: they pull off the 316i badge on the desperate hope
that someone behind them in traffic believes they bought a 318i instead.
But it isn’t only the bottom-level people who do
it. S-Classes in Europe are de-badged. AMG cars. BMW M3s and M4s. When I
worked for Porsche and traveled to Germany, I had this conversation
with dozens of my colleagues many times, and they all said the same
thing, namely that you pull off the badges on low-end cars and on
high-end cars for the exact same reason: you don’t want people to know
what you got.
And so, the result is that basically everyone in Europe de-badges their luxury vehicles. If you’re poor, you don’t want people to know you’re poor, and if you’re rich, you don’t want people to know you’re rich.
(Jalopnik.com)
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)