# Name Brand Parts...rant **URL:** \ **Category:** SON240sx Automotive\ **Created:** [March 23, 2008, 8:41pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/name-brand-parts-rant/114094 "2008-03-23T20:41:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 31
**Author:** ![bing](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/bing/32/7211_2.png) [@bing](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/bing)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2008, 7:48pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/name-brand-parts-rant/114094/31 "2008-03-24T19:48:45Z")
> [@FS: 16x8.5 +17mm offset Kosei K1's w/ autox tires](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/fs-16x8-5-17mm-offset-kosei-k1s-w-autox-tires/15009/8): > > I don’t think that this is just about cars. Name brands relate to everything in general. The best example are clothes. Why do girls spend $200 on a pair of jeans when she can probably get it for much less if she were to make it herself to go directly to a sweat shop or something. And it’d still be the same quality or even better. iono about the clothing example. go into wal-mart or Canadian superstore and try on their Joe brand… i was in there buying groceries and saw $15 dress shirts OMG! so i tried one on… fuck that shit. Go into the Burberry store and try on a $150 shirt… fuck it’s incredble. the cut and trim. the materials, the fit… mass-market clothing it very much a one-size fits all type thing. european clothing is just so fucking kick ass… and you can find it on sale all the time… just gott alook hard. i bought 2 cashmere sweaters from Saks 7 years ago and i still there them today. Now i only ever buy cashmere sweaters because even though they cost 3 times more than a cotton or wool one if you take care of them they last for years and years and they are just too wicked. i will always hesitate at buying a dress shirt that is not european made. * * * car parts is a purely function-based consumer driven market. all shirts to essentially the same time, cover your upper torso. Wheels and aero can be likened to clothing from a style perspective, but no one sees your coilovers or your brake pads… from a dollars to dollars perspective the clothing example works… but man, i am soo over cheap clothes… and i am not a fashion snob… i only buy 3-4 articles of clothing a year… i just dont shop at canadian malls anymore. --- _[View the full topic](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/name-brand-parts-rant/114094)._