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Just arrived, deadstock one-wash condition. Pictures aren’t great due to poor light.

In comparison to Broark's electric jeep, here's my Nice thing. Ford focus 1.6 which will be 20 years old next June. I've driven her for 13 years and every year the garage says they can't weld it up any more for MOT's but somehow do. It was used for many family holidays in Devon and Cornwall and does a good run down to London no problem. It's got dents from cattle and many scratches and gets cleaned once a year if that - This last part more to do with parking next to a dusty yard full of tractors working etc and cow muck on the roads around the other site where l work. The commutes not bad, a 14 mile round trip up and down cotswold lanes which are steep and narrow, especially the rat runs. Trouble is once there is some roadworks, the whole commute now seems to grind to a halt. Normally takes me 15 minutes to get home, today it was 25. Regardless of the deteriorating state of my car l will keep pushing for Mot again and again because it has already been made/constructed and paid for and is as cheap as motoring can be with my current income. Reading the last few pages here l know l am going to be f**ked when l have to decide on a replacement. Although hopefully I'll find a new Ford Focus, one that's only 10 years old haha. Anyway, carry on..

Can't remember if this was mentioned already or not, but the next installment in the Super Denim Collectables series is available for preview on the SC website. This time around they're offering 1942 jeans and a S1945 tux, will be available next spring. '42 jeans: https://store.toyo-enterprise.co.jp/shopdetail/000000002622/ S'45 jeans: https://store.toyo-enterprise.co.jp/shopdetail/000000002625/ S'45 jacket: https://store.toyo-enterprise.co.jp/shopdetail/000000002623/

Personally, I like big trucks. I think they're really neat. For instance:

Next time I know not to ever mention anything about cars here.

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I was just an hour ago on my bike behind the Rivian R1s (we see a lot of them where I’m at). For US roads, it fits in the Goldilocks spectrum I would say. It might not on your roads. Honestly, I think the issue here really isn’t America’s cars but Britains ones, no? We’ve got our own problems, but can’t regulations address this at home? If cars are too big for the road that sounds like an issue for government. (Yes, I’m aware that’s not an inspiring response, but really, it feels like the right place no?) This is again overly cynical IMO. It depends on the car - some cars are pretty awful emitters and getting them off the road is better than keeping them on, and at some point the lower emissions from getting the exhaust off the road is significant. If the battery powered cars kicking the can down the road - what’s the solution? There is no perfect thing, it’s about what’s realistic and significant. I’m skeptical of this whole “push” to get everyone to drive EV’s. No one is stopping anyone from going to the dealer and buying up a ton of ICE vehicles right now. No one is telling anyone they can’t drive what they want to drive. Some govt incentives for objectively better environmental technology is only that, an incentive. It’s not a push. Yes, if you’re charging your EV with coal power you can do better, but that’s honestly fixable and it’s getting relatively easier all the time - whether if that’s by using more renewable energy from your utility (which many are working towards, if too slowly), or putting solar on your roof or whatever. It’s one step in a few that need to be addressed but we can’t wait for them all to happen at once. Basically - what’s the argument to not kick the can down the road, if that’s even possible?

Exactly Chaz.. if we all drove a similar car the world would be a better place for everyone. I was laughing last week at the outrage from European car makers at the comments from the Uber CEO re Chinese EV's.. it was just sheer protectionism, but he was right, we don't need any of the bollocks which goes hand in hand with modern motoring, heated leather seats, launch control, intelegent parking pilot, it's all bollocks.. if we're going to save the planet, we don't need £100k EVs we need identical affordable metal boxes. Making motoring the preserve of the wealthy is just classist bollocks.. we should all have the right to get around cheaply without the fear of being crushed to death by a massive £100k truck.

Thanks for posting this ( and thanks to @Double 0 Soul for helping with the translation on YT vids) - Nice to see the original 1942 501XX which they used to make the replica in their latest SSDC line up, also that two-tone waist chain stitching on the 1945 506XX. The only time l've seen that detail on 501 jeans made between 1940 and 1942 so good to know it also applies to jackets.

Here's my daily commuter. It never ceases to amaze me the amount of anger that some drivers have for those of us who are the most vulnerable on the road. I sometimes wish that people would have to be forced to have to bike for a week so that they could see the kind of shit that we put up with, and why we don't come to a full stop like cars at stop signs.

I think a lot of people feel this way and that's why the average car age in the US is at an all-time high. 90s and 2000s cars were generally well made and reliable so I think that's also a big part of why so many are still on the road in the US. Exactly. Driving and maintaining an old car is better for the environment than building a new electric car. And when you consider that the electricity that powers the EV battery is often generated by methods that aren't great for the environment either, the whole battery-powered car push really does just seem like kicking the can down the road, at best. If people decide an EV is best for their use case that's fine, but the whole societal push to impose them on everybody smacks of ulterior motives. Forget time travel and hoverboards, the technology from Back To The Future I most want is the "Mister Fusion" car-reactor that turns trash into energy! What a great concept. Maybe any kind of reactor-powered car is a pipe dream but I find it more compelling than battery-powered cars. The thing that really struck me as crazy when I drove my dad's truck is that it's got this absurdly huge blind spot in the front, the super-tall fenders, big wheels, and ride height all contribute to a massive zone where you just can't see anything in front of you. In my wagon I can easily see anything in any direction, down to the height of a toddler, but in big tall cars the visibility plain sucks. My CR-V fares somewhat better, but it's still not great.

Guys, I drive a Toyota Aygo to commute on the German Autobahn (if you ever hear about a traffic jam, that's me in front of the crowd!). Ok, the main reason is that Sara has the bigger car to transport the kids but I am totally with @Double 0 Soul and I hate this SUV trend (is it still a trend if it is present for over 10 years?!). I literally can't see shit when I'm behind them, it makes overtaking them more challenging We are looking for a new car soon to replace the Toyota and it's the same situation: we want a smaller car for commuting but car companies really mainly focus on oversized stuff.

I just drove in a borrowed car to Dresden for a bike show. my old Volvo died and live further without a car for myself. with two friends we going to buy one small car to share. it amazes me that the world keeps on pushing towards cars.

I like to drive small cars but a psychologist would probably say that I’m just compensating for my huge penis 🍆

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For those interested (perhaps particularly those in Europe & the UK who aren’t familiar with the development of US automobile culture), this is a great video explaining the reasons why our vehicles are getting bigger and more dangerous year after year.. Just like everything else in this finance-driven society, decisions about what products we are offered are determined by multinational, multi-industry corporate monopolies and the governments they control through lobbying and cronyism, NOT by individual consumers. There are so many reasons why our perfect small environmentally friendly vehicles will never come to bear under this system, and it’s the same reason why our electoral choices are usually limited to two or a handful of politicians who are entirely oblivious to the needs and antagonistic to the desires of the average person. I think if people were given an informed choice, we would choose to have robust public transportation systems, safe and thoughtfully designed communities, localized food systems, affordable healthcare, well-made clothing, and so on, but sadly we have been down this path for a long time already. The incentives driving companies like Shein and Forever 21 to shove billions of disposable garments down our throats are the same ones pushing enormous new trucks and ridiculously expensive EVs that barely anyone can afford to buy outright. It has absolutely nothing to do with consumer choice.

Problem with this is that everyone has their own use cases and justifications. What’s “just right” for someone in the UK might be entirely impractical for someone elsewhere in the world and vice versa.

isn't Volvo 240 is the best?

But they would be safe if everyone was driving the same size car, it’s the disproportionate size between vehicles which is causing the danger.. which was my exact point 20 posts ago

Yea, I like small cars too. (Just to be clear, I like bicycles the most). Actually, our Volvo EV replaced our Honda Fit - which was great - but my wife did not feel comfortable with our kid in it and while I didn't mind as much, it clearly was not the best option, and it genuinely sucked whenever it snowed or there was an ice storm here, which happens often enough. It was too light. The time she got stuck on the way to an emergency was the last straw. It also struggled mightily to keep up on Appalachian highways or even couldn't traverse some roads in North Carolina where we used to live, (rutted out mtn roads and low clearance, especially in borderline freezing weather or even a lot of rain are a bad combo). The limitations were real. Other takes here I can understand but just can't get on board with. I'd happily get in a crash in a modern safer SUV that saved my hide than die in my cool old car. I think my toddler son would not really ever be able to understand that sort of attachment over life. I get (or hope?) the comment is partially in jest, but it's still a little intense for me to read. But yep, the biggest thing, as has been said is that you can't buy them. Where the blame lies is contestable. Crony capitalism is definitely a part of it, I think that take is spot on. I also think the caricature of dudes compensating really just points at a small niche in the overall issue. Those are the easy ones to spot, but not the majority. But @Double 0 Soul I'd invite you to the US here to try to talk to my wife, my mom, my mother in law, my step mother in law, or frankly most of my friends to tell them why they should put aside their valuation of safety (even if only perceived) and convenience 😃 In spirit, I'm with you - it feels a runaway problem, but like, we've got to pick our battles. The SUV we have now was actually the result of me persuading my partner to go down in size from what she wanted, which was a response in part to the driving of the Fit and feeling unsafe in the tin box in snowstorms on the highway etc. There are a lot of buyers decidedly not into cars that literally are just looking for safety and convenience and the industry has decided on pitching this for a long time now. The new Rivian concept R3 looks like to be a Golf style competitor, fwiw. I am not sure how it will do, but I like the looks of it. The only car I ever had that I really enjoyed was an old Saab 900 manual 2 door, but god that thing was always a thousand or two thousand dollars away from working properly. An EV version of that (or aforementioned Volvo Wagon), I'd be a happy camper. Last thought that I think backs up what @jkbrwn is saying - last year I worked with a bunch of international professionals, many of whom arrived to the university town set on not owning cars because they hadn't where they had lived before. By the end of the year, most of them did, and many of those were SUVs. Not because they wanted to, but because they realized they literally couldn't access a whole lot of what life is out here without it. It sucks, but while we advocate for better public transit and bike infrastructure, gotta have a way to get to work/life etc.

Pretty much what I alluded to. Comfort, space, flexibility, engine noise, mountains. A 997cc engine driving over a 12,000ft/3600m with a whitewater raft and associated equipment, cooler, bicycle, clothes, Starlink dish, batteries, solar panel etc would have me driving at 6mph. I am absolutely a small card advocate, hence why I own one of the smallest cars on the U.S. market, but sometimes small is genuinely too small IMO.

Quite simple - because they don't sell them anymore. When I first moved to the U.S. from London, where I owned a VW Polo, I went to a VW dealership and asked if they had any Polo's or Fox's. The answer was no. They had also never heard of them. They barely had any Golf's. It's a self fulfilling prophecy. I can't buy what is no longer manufactured. The Honda FIT/Jazz is the perfect every day car IMO - Its tiny but cavernous inside and it was discontinued here in 2020/2021. I currently own a Mazda CX-30 which for me is as small a car as I'd want out here from both a perceived safety and visibility perspective but also internal cargo space. California is HUGE, with more recreation opportunities than you can shake a stick at. I drive all over the state with a large cooler, or a raft, or a kayak, or bicycles, or dogs and so on. Not saying this is you @Double 0 Soul - but so many people back home in the UK cannot fathom the size of the U.S., or the distances that we drive, or the geographic sparseness, or the arid conditions we drive in. I have had my CX-30 for two years this week, and I've done 41,000 miles in that time. Dunno about you but I wouldn't want to do 41,000 miles in a small car with a 997cc engine.

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@Broark nice Rivian! I really like the hatchback they teased a few months ago and can see myself getting something along those lines once my VW is run into the ground. I had posted the frame when I got it, but I finished building it up the other day so here's my new mountain bike (and a pic with my hardtail).

Same here @tooth but it’s usually Porsche wankers rather than size conscious.. the types who think a car which can do 0-60 in 3.2 seconds in inherently better than a car which takes a measly 3.4 I’d advise the Goldilocks approach in future... not too big or too small, not too fast or too slow not too expensive nor too cheap... juuust right.

@Broark really started something here… 😆

I'm not saying you should drive 41000 miles in a 1L Loop @jkbrwn but i'm sure there must be something in between that and the SUV. It wasn't always this way, the US must have plenty of older cars on the market, you don't have to listen to those pesky marketeers forcing you to buy what they tell you to buy.. i appreciate (lithium mining aside) an EV is more environmentally friendly but the carbon footprint of an old car has already happened. How have y'all become such fearful road users? folks are living through war zones and y'all scared to drive to work unless you're cocooned in a tank, when i was a kid, we didn't even wear seat belts as a 5yr old, i would straddle the transmission in my dads old Land Rover and change gear for him while our whippet stuck it's head out the window.. which incidentally, he drove back from South Africa.. so distances, through geographical sparseness are indeed possible in cranky old cars, or they used to be before the motoring industry convinced us otherwise.. My safety, my wife, moms or boys safety is equally as important to me / them but it seems, these^ fears are being played upon.

So why don't you? Here's my old Loop.. (997cc, 60+mpg) I used this for my 40min daily commute into the city when i lived out in sticksville.. i would drop the kid at nursery and the boot was plenty big enough for the Bugaboo pushchair, it's all you really need. ..and my 240 wagon (1986cc 20mpg if you're lucky) which i used at the weekend for camping trips, bikes, fishing tackle and such .. nowadays, i hardly drive at all.. probs, less than 1000 miles/yr

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helleaux! I thought I should introduce myself now that I've finally joined. I think I've been lurking since 2021 (!) but in late 2022 suffered a stroke which paralyzed me. however, I've been working to recover ever since, and this year started wearing my old clothes again. can't really work on fading jeans right now (I like pre-lawsuit "fake" levi's repros with the arcs) but I also love jackets so I'm committed to this t-back FW 46-47 for now. the rest is very old polo.

Warehouse vs Shins Type III Jacket. It took the Shins jacket about 17 years to fade that way. I'm sure the Warehouse will do it in less than year.

It's the 101, actually 😆

The 1966 that was released along with the 1955? Nice score!

No, i think the blame should lie with the British consumer.. I think American cars and British cars are one of the same.. $$$s are made by car manufacturers selling into the foreign market, it's massive comparred to our market share, car makers are not going set up a production line for a downsized model for British roads, it's just bad for business.. British consumers are given a choice from the available range 'do i buy a massive Audi Q7 or do i buy a smaller Audi A1?' (for instance) even though the Q7 is too wide for our roads.. zero fucks are given because, for one they can afford it so why shouldn't they and for two, the width of their vehicle doesn't affect them, only other road users.. which is what i alluded to at the start of all this, until the international market changes.. we're fucked!.. thankfully most choose the A1 but those choosing the Q7 fuck it up for the rest of us.

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I would never.

Jeez.. don’t you think you’ve caused enough trouble for one week

Petrol-masculinity is a real thing here in the US.

Finally! I was waiting fo this for so long. So it will be delayed.

Personally, I would take a principled death in my wagon than ignobly survive an accident in a giant SUV. Besides, making stratospheric monthly payments on the big SUV would just make me wish I was dead anyway! @Double 0 Soul Back when I lived in northern Japan in 2011-12, I drive a Suzuki kei car, a front wheel drive box that probably produced less horsepower than a ride-on lawnmower, and I literally drove the thing on solid ice roads for about six months a year with virtually no issues at all, my town was literally buried in snow constantly and I never had any problem getting around in that tiny car or thought what I really needed was a big truck. The truck/SUV crazy in the US is rooted in pure crony capitalism. Government regulation loopholes incentivized auto makers to build big trucks and SUVs because they're subject to less strict standards than smaller cars since they're categorized as "light trucks," which was intended to apply to commercial work vehicles; and thus, this makes them more profitable. And then, through the magical influence of advertising, American consumer taste was sculpted toward these big, profitable vehicles by selling an image of rugged toughness. Once upon a time, men aspired to own a car like a Buick or Mercury that signified you were sophisticated and classy, or a Cadillac/Lincoln if you really wanted to exude rich man vibes. Today, it's all about projecting the image that you're the most braggadocios asshole possible. What's funny is that it's all pretty superficial, my area is chock full of these angry bro-dozer trucks, but they seem like perfectly polite drivers for the most part despite the machismo, and their trucks rarely look like they've ever left the road or carried anything in their beds. I never feel unsafe driving around in my wagon in day to day life. I'm not dunking on any of y'all here who've given pretty reasonable explanations for whatever you drive in this discussion. Just sharing my observations on the general culture and all that.

Y'all need to start driving tiny micro-cars or what us Europeans would refer to as 'cars' Our roads are just not suitable for these types of vehicles, but while you're driving the market forward it ain't going to change for the rest of us and i'll have to share the cycle lanes with these monstrosities.. i appreciate, they shouldn't be driving in the cycle lanes but our roads are way too narrow for two of these monster trucks to pass on either side of the road unless they do, so it comes down to.. are SUV drivers in the UK incredibly selfish?.. yes! indeed they are. Come on Americans.. it's up to you to save us all from this motoring hell! ..

^ Hell yea. We've got an EV too - though my wife mainly drives it. Once our other car bites the dust, which is probably a good ways off, I'm never putting money in an ICE vehicle again, not that I enjoy driving all that much anyways but it's just better in every way - and ours is one that has comparatively crappy range (210 miles). For most lifestyles if you've got a home, it's a convenience not an inconvenience. When we do take longer trips, none of the charging FUD has come to pass (for us). As for me, well, I've been riding the same aluminum fixie/single speed for almost 20 years. Just got back from picking up my first new bike since college. Pretty excited for this one. It's a Wilde Supertramp stock build for those who are into bikes.

Evidently they were careless enough to do just that...peep the top left of the flasher.

Kinda been my uniform lately, nothing but t-shirts during these long summers. Makes for pretty boring fit pics! YM Factory tee. Ooe Yofukuten. Rick Owens.

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celebrated my birthday early (not until the 16th) hiked six miles around Mount Rainier in Washington

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Here we go. SC1966 New pair (34x 34) vs old pair (33 x 34). Same tags and both should be one washed (even though the seller said raw for the new pair).

I wore the 47 denim only for a brief time (in the 2021 model, my 1947 are unworn) and yes, this 46 denim fades quicker.