Recent content by Alistair

I think a lot of it is driven by the firearms that younger people tend to shoot, and the type of shooting they tend to do with them. If your shooting involves plinking with a .22lr, a 223, a 9mm pistol and you're doing something like 2 gun that doesn't need incredibly high levels of accuracy...

Yeah, I think I dug into this in depth back in post #67,548 and #67,611 so (to everyone's great relief I'm sure) I shall not do so again. That said, I can't say this comes as a surprise...

No worries. I guess in the interest of balance I should point out that @mdwest and I had a reasonably civil debate on this topic back in April of last year, and his opinions differ significantly. I still think he's wrong, but he is able to present coherent arguments for the opposing view if...

Cool movement, a really ugly watch. Hopefully they'll start rolling it out to other designs in the future. I might try and pick up a sky dweller or a gmt master with that movement if they make one. Depends on the dealer experience I guess. Either way, it's nice to see them do some innovation...

This is a topic that's been dug into a lot on this thread already, but the TL;DR version. Some tariffs have always been in place between nations. Generally they're very targeted and very carefully managed to support key local industries that have strategic importance, but where the nation in...

Fine. I guess I'll explicitly answer your question. The US motherland gets invaded. Or more realistically, you guys need to fight China for Taiwan, or S Korean... again. Would NATO step up? 18 months ago, that was a resounding, 100% yes. No doubt. No hesitation. There's historical precedent...

Does it work as good as the manufacturer claims it does? No. Absolutely not. No cleaning product in the history of the world has EVER met that standard. However, my experience is that it does in fact work quite well, and does make the job easier than more traditional liquid cleaners. My...

The Charger consistently outsold the Challenger basically every year. It was a great idea: 'American BMW M5 fighter'. Execution on that... depends on your position, but a massive financial success nonetheless. I wouldn't buy one, but then I don't want a sporty 4 door of any flavor. The...

Hah, must've missed that. My 2020 Hellcat is complete hot garbage in terms of fit, finish, materials, interior, assembly quality, paint quality, chassis dynamic, everything. Far and away the worst vehicle I've ever owned on every single one of those categories. Reliability, well, it's held up...

Eh, I'd disagree. It WAS a losing brand in the 2000s, and it IS a losing brand now, but they had a real resurgence in the 2010s and 2020s with the Challenger and the Charger. They managed to come back from a range that consisted of a boring, bottom of the barrel economy car and a minivan, to...

The Bronco's are fun little cars, and they seem to have sorted out most of the early production issues now. If you're buying second hand, look for 2023 production onwards. You can get a manual with the 2 door, which mitigates the 10 speed auto reliability question mark, and was decent enough...

I suggest you look at the Subaru Forester then. Slightly longer at 15.25ft, but not massive by any means and a good foot shorter than a 4Runner. Bronco is about 14.5 ft, but again, swapping a Jeep for a Ford isn't stepping up in quality by any real metric.

If you want new, a Toyota 4Runner seems to be an option. I'd wait for a year though, let them iron out any new model issues first. A Ford Bronco is an option I guess, but it won't be any better made, or any more reliable. If second hand, maybe a last gen Toyota or Lexus. Honestly, for the use...

100% it has. Frankly, it's one of his greatest failures. He's far more interested in putting on that show than achieving results. We see it with this ICE stuff, with tariffs, with geopolitical relations with NATO, with Iran, with his efforts to manage affordability, with every single thing he's...

My guy. I am no fan of Trump. I encourage you to read my post history for the indisputable evidence of that. You might not cite google search, but nor do you cite anything else. You seem perfectly willing to immediately jump on whatever is posted on the source that tells you what you want to...