Kirkham 77k-SPF 65k. Your choice ?

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Originally Posted by Igofastr

My Kirkham was a daily driver. I see no difference reliability-wise between a Kirkham roller and one from SPF. So that should be taken out of the equation, unless this one was bought unassembled (I haven't checked).

Hi Ron,
I see... "daily driver" huh. Feelings are hurt now..., we rarely saw you driving your former Kirkham to one of our monthly Cobra meetups. Maybe once or twice a year at most, as I recall. Now we know for sure that you did stiff us and kept that car all to yourself. Just kidding. Oh well, hopefully we'll see the next project a bit more, eh?

The point about the "daily driver" comment also came from the perspective that you can painlessly park a glass car in a supermarket parking lot, expect people to bang on it to see if its aluminum or not, and survive it without a panic attack. With a Kirkham, driving it as a "daily driver", you better have Sandwich's phone number handy in your cell and plane ticket ready for him to get on a plane and come pound the dents out for ya, know what I mean? I've had three people bump or kick my ERA accidentally since I've owned it, without issue, and no dents. Maybe I'm characterizing the Kirkham as being a tad more delicate and something you may not want to leave in a supermarket parking lot just to go get a carton of Milk, but I'd do it with an SPF or ERA without concern as long as the ignition was disabled! Not sure this makes sense, but trying to make a case for my "risk avoidance" argument as lame as it may seem. If I had a Kirkham, it would never be left to sit in a supermarket parking lot anywhere, even if I was sitting in it. People just wanna touch that aluminum, tap-tap-tap, knock-knock-knock... Whooops!