[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).

As for bare aluminum, I can understand the taste issue, but in terms of general durability and ease of maintanance, NOTHING beats bare aluminum. Perhaps a delorean owner can chime in on the merrits of brushed stainless, but I can assure you that aly would be easier to fix than stainless if it were dented.

I've owned a number of cars; painted steel and fiberglass, and bare aluminum. In terms of maintanance, I'd take brushed aluminum every day of the week, and twice on Sunday.

I agree with Duane, the Kirkham will sell first.