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··Nowhere near as grumpy as he used to be...As someone that gets accused of being a Hard Alcohol snob on a regular basis I really hate the term Snob. Snob implies that you look down on affordably priced items. While its true that I have large amounts of expensive Whisky and other Spirits, its not all about price. Yes, the stuff at higher price points is normally measurably better, more complex, better balanced, more from the heart of the cut of the distillation etc and I have the knowledge and experience to judge it.... But I love affordable spirits also... Bullet Rye, Bombay Gin, Tito's vodka, etc is all great stuff! I was in the wine world for awhile but the snobbery was too much for me... Not everything can be a $200 bottle... Its true that I dislike over oaked CA Chards with a passion only reserved for Corona and Heineken beer... but that is another story...
As for tires I am a bit of a reverse snob... While I have a performance car, I run 275 rears (frankly 255 should be enough) and don't track the car in So Cal which means it never rains. I shopped the best deal I could get on Summer Ultra High performance tires, and have settled on Dunlop Direzzas after trying some other options from Goodyear etc... Look good, quiet, sticky enough for street driving and much cheaper then the Pilot's of any grade. I hate it when I see DOT R's like RS-4's, RE-71r's, Pilot Sport Cups, etc on street cars that will never hit the track, esp when they are running too low on high camber for fitment... Congrats you have a tire that will wear out very quickly, sucks if you hit any rain or water on the street and cost 2-3x as much per tire. Its just appears as conspicuous consumption, while I think they don't even know enough to know the tires the worst choice possible for what they are doing. Even the Super Car guys running around on those on the street just makes me shake my head... No reason unless your on the track... don't even get me started on Carbon Ceramic brakes...
I get asked about watch snobbery alot, and I usually say its the people that don't know anything about watches that are snobs. I tell people that a true watch guy who could be wearing a Patek would be more interested in my currently still affordable if you hunt Seiko 6117-8000 then the guy next to me wearing a new Ceramic Sub. Odds are anyone with a 6117-8000 (Review) has many other interesting pieces in their collection and took some time to hunt one down as they are not exactly common in very good condition. Granted I would flip out over a Playtona... but that is a great looking watch and anyone that has one only incidentally has alot of money. I don't think most where purchased just because of the price. I am still conflicted over what I think about John Mayers take on the Rainbow Daytona... really torn on it... at least in regards to casually talking about 300k watches and who would wear them.
TLDR: If the interest in something is primarily due to the cost and/or the cost is almost always perceived as an indicator of quality/desirability, its Snobbish... Looks at all the G Wagons that drive around in my area...
As for tires I am a bit of a reverse snob... While I have a performance car, I run 275 rears (frankly 255 should be enough) and don't track the car in So Cal which means it never rains. I shopped the best deal I could get on Summer Ultra High performance tires, and have settled on Dunlop Direzzas after trying some other options from Goodyear etc... Look good, quiet, sticky enough for street driving and much cheaper then the Pilot's of any grade. I hate it when I see DOT R's like RS-4's, RE-71r's, Pilot Sport Cups, etc on street cars that will never hit the track, esp when they are running too low on high camber for fitment... Congrats you have a tire that will wear out very quickly, sucks if you hit any rain or water on the street and cost 2-3x as much per tire. Its just appears as conspicuous consumption, while I think they don't even know enough to know the tires the worst choice possible for what they are doing. Even the Super Car guys running around on those on the street just makes me shake my head... No reason unless your on the track... don't even get me started on Carbon Ceramic brakes...
I get asked about watch snobbery alot, and I usually say its the people that don't know anything about watches that are snobs. I tell people that a true watch guy who could be wearing a Patek would be more interested in my currently still affordable if you hunt Seiko 6117-8000 then the guy next to me wearing a new Ceramic Sub. Odds are anyone with a 6117-8000 (Review) has many other interesting pieces in their collection and took some time to hunt one down as they are not exactly common in very good condition. Granted I would flip out over a Playtona... but that is a great looking watch and anyone that has one only incidentally has alot of money. I don't think most where purchased just because of the price. I am still conflicted over what I think about John Mayers take on the Rainbow Daytona... really torn on it... at least in regards to casually talking about 300k watches and who would wear them.
TLDR: If the interest in something is primarily due to the cost and/or the cost is almost always perceived as an indicator of quality/desirability, its Snobbish... Looks at all the G Wagons that drive around in my area...
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