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vbrad26

That's a sweet ride indeed! I can understand your dilemma, I found myself in a similar one not too long ago.
I'd been driving GTI's for years, and my most recent one had just clicked over 110k and 10 years of age.
Tried to figure out for years prior, what I would replace it with - but never really could, which meant I had no reason to get rid of it.
Till one day I was at the VW dealership and they just had the perfect spec Golf R on the floor and I figured that was about as good of a replacement as I could get, and I couldn't help myself hah.
Because yes, Panamera/Taycan and RS6 wagons are a little too much $$$ for me. Except those Taycans really are suffering from a tad bit of depriciation....

hen

Thats a good one! My mate and I have an never ending argument about Saab and Volvo. (Saab makes fighter planes, Volvo makes dump trucks...)
I have driven Saabs too, a 99 and a 900.
Yup, Saab used Triumph engines in the 99 onwards.

C clockoclock

Saab’s fighter planes have… Volvo engines.

Turpinrr

I bought my 6th pair of Loake boots this week and I'm expecting them to be delivered any time now.
I expect them all to outlive me 👍

Jakeys

The funny thing about this is since your reply on page 1 where I mentioned I had eight pairs of RMs and you had five Loakes then, I too have since acquired another pair of RMs haha. I'm pretty done now though, it's hard to see what base I don't have covered. I was just missing a black work chelsea, picked up their recently updated black oiled kip leather Gardener in a good sale last month. I have a similar vintage brown oiled nubuck "crazy horse" pair as well, discontinued now.

Those Loakes look really good. Goodyear welted lace up boots are quite rare here in Australia, you see modern safety boots on work sites but otherwise for higher end boots, chelseas are dominant. I do have a couple pairs though.

Turpinrr

I like those crazy horse boots 👍

The boots have just arrived so I'll be wearing them later.

I like Chelsea boots, the black ones I have very comfortable.

Looks like you enjoy polishing yours as much as I do 😀

Jakeys

The funny thing about this is since your reply on page 1 where I mentioned I had eight pairs of RMs and you had five Loakes then, I too have since acquired another pair of RMs haha. I'm pretty done now though, it's hard to see what base I don't have covered. I was just missing a black work chelsea, picked up their recently updated black oiled kip leather Gardener in a good sale last month. I have a similar vintage brown oiled nubuck "crazy horse" pair as well, discontinued now.

Those Loakes look really good. Goodyear welted lace up boots are quite rare here in Australia, you see modern safety boots on work sites but otherwise for higher end boots, chelseas are dominant. I do have a couple pairs though.

I haven't got one single pair of shoes.

Jakeys

Haha, actually, I'm not a big fan of it! I only polish my dress boots, black kangaroo and dark tan yearling (slightly older than calf) Craftsmans. The rest of my boots are suedes or oiled leathers. Those lace ups are Horween Chromexcel, an oily aniline pull-up leather. The oily finish brings a shine without waxes.

At some point in the future I'd like a cap toe lace-up service boot, similar to your Loakes, in a black roughout. There's a company in Australia called Wootten, the only other notable bootmaker still manufacturing here besides RM, but they're much smaller and hand make everything customised to order. I'd love to spec something with them one day, I'd say they're at least on par with Viberg if not higher quality - but they're also bloody expensive. RM make 500k to a million pairs a year, Wootten complete something like a pair or two a day.

Maybe we need a Goodyear welted thread here. 😜

Turpinrr

I haven't got one single pair of shoes.

Turpinrr

Have you had any of your Goodyear welted soles replaced ?

Turpinrr

Which firms make boots in Oz, there aren't many here ?

Turpinrr

I bought my 6th pair of Loake boots this week and I'm expecting them to be delivered any time now.
I expect them all to outlive me 👍

Danwales

I have had many pairs of Goodyear welted shoes over the years and for awhile did a bit of dealing in second hand pairs I'd find in the charity shops of Chelsea and Fulham. Edward Green, John Lobb, Chesney etc I've owned them all and Loake are a good entry level into the world of English bench made shoes. Below a nice pair of Oxblood brogues i picked up fairly recently .

Jakeys

I have no shoes shoes, but plenty of sneakers. Dress chelseas are often worn formally here, I've heard Texas has a similar thing with cowboy boots and suits.



Yeah in the past, but these days with a bit of a collection and working from home more, no single pair is getting enough wear to require replacing. The lace-ups are British Itshide Commando soles, the chelseas are RM's proprietary Longhorn brand, very durable. I wear my Gardeners the most but the rubber treaded soles on those are over a centimetre thick, not wearing through them in a hurry.



At the higher end, just the ones I mentioned; R.M. and Wootten. At the lower end a couple of the work boot brands still make work chelseas here, the only one I remember still manufacturing here is Redback. Most non-Aussies know Blundstone, but they haven't been made on shore in a while.

Danwales