…the cars are lovely over-priced, over-engineered, over-refined and on the whole quite dull, the drivers are dicks.

FTFY. 😉

Deutz Fahr.

Benneton
Lowe
Oreo’s
Wikipedia
Jessops
O2
Branstons
Scalextric

I love em.

Skimming through, looks like no one’s said it so far so I will:

Crank Brothers

a bit more sensibly:

Panasonic telly’s and camera’s
Marin
Trout

The Times (newspaper)
Ford
John Lewis
Samsung
TESCO (sorry)

1. charge bikes (i may have said more than once here how much i love my new duster 😉 😳 2. bethesda softworks(for making the elder scrolls series of games) 3. specialized bikes.all (bar one) of their bikes that i have owned,have enjoyed riding. 4. giant bikes for the 2010 anthem x2 (fantastic bike it was 😀 6. lots of bike makers from the past (klein,funk,old skool marin/kona e.t.c 😉 i’ll leave it there 🙂 p.s i know that marin/kona still make bikes,but just love their old steel/titanium bikes 😀 am not into their modern stuff to be honest.

Mersey Travel has just gone on the list. 😀

Illy coffee.
Onitsuka-Tiger.
Duchamp.
Ritta chocolate.
Pirelli tyres as they are somehow sexier than other brands, even though they are just tyres.

Lowe
Illy coffee
Yamaha – hifi and AV
Leica cameras
Honda R cars
Lezyne
Sigg
Surefire
KCNC
Ted Baker
Ninja tune
Tag Heuer

Oakley
Chris King
Hope
Pace
Cotic
Hackett
Paul Smith
Hugo Boss
Gieves & Hawkes
Lotus
HTC
Waitrose
Sainsburys
Wye Valley
Alpkit

Patagonia

Dell – always had decent “every day” computers from them but the newer ones don’t seem as reliable so I may have to re-evaluate this!
DMR Bikes (not irrational, they’re awesome)
Cotic
Rock Shox
661
Dakine
Gibson (despite how rubbish and ugly some of their newer guitars are, they’re still the best)
Laney Amps
Ford
Etnies
Transition Bikes

KTM
Landrover
Lavazza (sp?)
Mercedes Benz
Apple (really didn’t want to like the iPhone, then I tried one)

Spax

Campagnolo. Don’t care if it’s better or worse than Shimano, I just like it on a road bike.

John Deere. We’ve had a couple, and again, no idea if they’re better or worse, but they’ve run well for us.

Fox (clothing)
Merrell
Aspalls
HTC
Marttinni
SRAM
Dell
Panasonic (cameras)
Renault
Quiksilver
Billabong
Tyrells
Lamy
Pilot
OHTO
Rotring
Blundstone
Underground (footwear)

slainte 😀 rob

Minky

The Co-operative.

No, really, flipping brilliant idea. Room for improvement on the implementation, of course, but still several orders of magnitude less evil than Tesco et al.

Subaru – always liked the look etc since McCrae, our one now is rock solid, would get another without a doubt.

Arcteryx – Just works, well. And I’ve worked for several of their immediate rivals inc North Face

Shimano – just know it’ll work

John Deere – I wear the trucker cap to prove it too!

Volkl Skis – lots of ‘Euro’ graphics, but you know they will be bomber and work well.

Carhartt – love the work/urban styling, actually fits me, lasts

Commencal – look the goods imo, handle amazing, had no dramas with mine (though others have). I’d have no worries getting another.

Orange – The Vit T was superb. The 5, irrespective of it’s weight/looks/noise works bloody well. Peaty winning on them in the day certainly helps.

Hmmm… Think looking at it, their is a lot to do with brand that evolve from solid backgrounds and work, rather than trying to revolutionise their fields constantly…

Maybe it’s a fruit thing but I’m a big fan of Apples and Oranges.

There I said it!

Tunnocks

SONY
Adidas
Vauxhall (soooo uncool!)
Animal
Levis (see Vauxhall)
On-One – Planet X
Hovis

Case

john deere, nothing runs like a deere.

Nothing kills a deere like a magnum.

Skoda but Yeti, dam right 😉
Sony
Land Rover (wouldn’t be seen dead in one though..)
Porsche
Element
Ellsworth
Casio

Giant, regarded by some as as boring but I just seem to like their non showy, solid dependability.

Ditto; but also:

Honda, regarded by some as as boring but I just seem to like their non showy, solid dependability.

Mountain Equipment (tough and understated)
Apple (turn nasty computers into lovely lifestyle products)
Lavazza (mmmm!)
Charge bikes (entirely intangible reasons)
Singletrack 😀
Scarpa (they just fit)
Film4
Oakley (great lenses and decent frames)

Moving off tractors

Audi and Aldi, Kwak, Jennings and Mordue – even though I dont drink anymore, prana, patagonia, montane, mountain equipment, tera nova, pod, alpkit, endura, nikon, ricoh, lifesystem, msr, atomic, maxxis, skoda, hope, on-one and cotic, cliff bars, orangeboom – its a larger not a tune, suunto watches, garmin gps

Cotic
Skoda
Oakley
Sony Walkman
Mountain Hardware
Blackberry (but only for push email purposes)
Fender USA
Levi’s
M&S
Hope
Giant (for road bikes they just work for me off the shelf)
drag city
5.10 got at least 5 pairs! wouldn’t really consider much else for climbing rubber
Hackman

Naim
Leema
Eizo
Gitzo
ThinktankPhoto
Gaja
Castel del Remi
Gulbenzu
4 kilos (wine producer)
Grenson
Edwin
Rapha
Pegoretti
Missoni
Mackintosh(scottish coats)
Apple
Arri
Sinn
ascaso
gaggia
thornbridge
marble inn
Adnams
Grimburgen
Westmalle
Popperings
Bocca di Lupo
Gelupo
Monmouth Coffee

Stussy
Carhartt
Vans
Camper
Tag
Moleskine
Fred Perry

intense, Merlin (ti), argon 18, leica m series, agnes b, phd down tops, markus T, theo, rudy project, uniqlo, tombow, ottolenghi, heinz low sugar baked beans, paramo, vans, northwave boots, time, campagnolo, vredestein, craft, mondaine

Panasonic, suddenly.

new balance
singular
trickers
badger ale
apple