Looking at the newest Fords and Chevy’s one thing is clear… Ford is slipping. Ford is concentrating on making everything look like generic Aston Martins. Including the new 2015 Mustang. Now, I’m really digging the new Mustang. A lot. I mean… a lot… Love it. But when all the cars are starting to look the same way… it waters the Ford brand down.
Chevy is doing much the same with all their cars… The Cruze, the Malibu, the SS… they all look the same from the front. This is disappointing. Honestly, it’s hard to tell them apart on the street. Save for the Camaro and the Corvette.. They all look they came out of the OctoMom. I’m not saying that they look bad individually… But when you walk around a Dealership… It’s a shallow gene-pool. It’s like the same guy just phoned in the designs.
Making everything in your brand look the same… isn’t making it all look like Family. It makes everything look Inbred. This may have worked for British Royals through the middle ages… but it doesn’t work for me. I don’t know about you. What do you guys think about that?
I think where designs have really taken off, is with the interiors.
I’m done. I’m not going to do it any more. I’m not going to carry a tiny mouse gun anymore. That’s over. As a main carry gun, of course. Maybe as a backup piece, or a hold out. But no more as my main carry gun. It’s time to go big.
Why do we carry at all? Think about this for a minute, or more. And think about the possible scenarios that might require you to actually have to use your concealed carry gun. In any of these scenarios, does it play out that you would be better off in those situations with a smaller gun? Or did you, like me, come to the conclusion that you would rather have as much gun as you can?
You have a CFP, or more commonly a CCW Permit. Most States do not require you to carry a specific gun. You have the option to change it up. If you have the option, why not go big when you can? Let me tell you, it doesn’t matter to the Anti-Gun Biggots what gun you carry. They have never said “Oh, its okay, he only has a .380.” In fact, they have tried specifically to ban small guns because they are more concealable. Remember they made a run against Saturday Night Specials? They don’t care. That being the case, f you are going to get wet, you might as well go swimming. Should you have to use your weapon, and you end up in a court of Law, they will make no distinctions regarding the size or type. Or if you are in a store and lift your arm up to reach a top shelf item and someone sees the grip of your pistol. They call the cops no matter what it is and when The Bronze approaches you they don’t make any distinction either. You are either legal to carry, or you are not. Size does not matter.
The last several months I’ve been packing bigger guns. Mostly full sized duty pistols. Government Model 1911’s, Railed Commander 1911’s, Beretta 92FS and full sized Storms, Glock 22’s. The smallest gun I’ve carried is a Glock 23. None of these are Mouse Guns or Pocket Pistols. Each on let’s you know you have a “fist full of Iron”. Or advanced polymer as the case may be. As I write this, on my hip right now is a Springfield 1911 .45 and there is a great deal of satisfaction in having it on me.
Bigger guns make fewer compromises. They hold more rounds, are more reliable, more accurate, maybe more powerful, and are certainly more intimidating. The more intimidating the gun is, the more likely you won’t have to actually pull the trigger. The only disadvantage to them is the greater challenge of carrying it concealed. To carry a full sized gun concealed, you are going to have to take a bit more care in your holster and wardrobe selection.
Thankfully the good folks at Crossbreed Holsters can help us out. The Supertuck is available for many handguns, including the big 92FS. This holster allows for the big gun to be carried comfortably, inside the waistband, all day long. For me, that’s the advantage I need. Because I’ll wear a gun from the time I get out of bed until I give up on the day and go back to bed.
Normally I wear Pancake style rigs, wide, outside of the waistband holsters that help contour the shape of the gun to hide it, and pack more comfortably while wearing normal sized pants. I find this to be an advantage when riding a motorcycle. The downside to a pancake rig, is that the length of the gun makes it easier for the muzzle end to peak out from under your jacket or shirt.
This isn’t so much of a problem during most of the year. But during the peak of the summer, wearing jackets and sport coats becomes less than ideal. During these times, as much as possible, I’ll wear a Mechanics style shirt or a Bowling shirt. If one is less fashionable, or a huge fan of Weird Al, you can wear a Hawaiian style shirt. Anything that can be worn untucked, loose, and can cover up the whole gun. But this is me and I am not required to wear Business Casual. But even then, there are still ways to carry a full sized gun.
Not long ago I was talking about packing large handguns with a local Police Officer. I mentioned that I was packing a Beretta 92FS and he didn’t believe me. I was in the process of selling him a Beretta but he was balking on the purchase, thinking it was too big to be carried undercover. I was wearing an Under Armor polo shirt. You should have seen his eyes when I pulled my Beretta 92FS out, cleared it, and laid it on the counter. I can’t repeat what he said, but he was clearly surprised that I had it on me as he normally could tell if someone was packing or not. After that, it became a discussion regarding holsters instead of the gun. To end this story, he bought the gun and has enjoyed it ever since.
I live in a very rural area of Utah. My front yard is a farmer’s field. We get all sorts of wildlife here at “Ogre Ranch”. Some big, some small. One night I came home on my motorcycle, late and in the dark. I shut off my bike and jumped off. As I stepped around the big KTM Enduro, I saw a dark shadow and eye shine. Something was there in the shadows beside my house. I don’t remember drawing, or even making the decision to draw, but suddenly my gun was in my hands and that gun was in a ready position as I was squinting to try to identify what was over there in the shadows. At that moment, a full sized duty sidearm was very comforting. The only problem was that I didn’t have a light mounted on my weapon and my normal companion of the Surefire Aviator flashlight was with me but tucked safely in my backpack. Inaccessible and useless to me as this didn’t feel like a time when I could shrug my pack off and dig through it to find my light. Instead I was there, gun in hand, waiting until I could ID this thing as a threat or not. I could hear it breathing. I could see it’s eye-shine, and that was it. It really was a freaky moment. The moment ended though when my wife pulled up and her headlights illuminated what I was in a standoff with. It was a large Mule Deer Buck. I can chuckle about it now, but in that moment of looking into the unknown, had I been armed with something small and mousy, I’d probably have been a lot more uncomfortable with the situation.
This goes back to what the great Clint Smith has said. Guns are not supposed to be comfortable, they are supposed to be comforting. He is exactly right. I don’t recall ever being in a situation where I was comforted by packing a tiny little gun. I remember one time I needed something small and concealable where low profile was critical. A .25 Caliber Baby Browning the answer. I could stand there with my hands in my pockets and still be ready to draw that little pistol. I thought it was a perfect solution. Until I needed it. I reached into my pocket and grabbed the little gun, but didn’t draw it. Let me tell you, that pistol offered no comfort. In fact, I let it go and instead opted for the ASP Baton tucked inside the waistband. At least that felt solid. It felt like a weapon. The .25 felt like a squirt gun. In this situation, neither was required to be used, thankfully. But it impressed upon me that the small gun was useless. Harsh Language proved more potent. That was the last time I bothered with the .25. I think I remember that I traded it for a few boxes of ammo.
I’m not saying that only huge hand cannons are the way to go. I’m just saying you don’t have to limit yourself to tiny guns.
I find it interesting that having worked for a holster company for 10 months, I don’t have a decent EDC holster for my 1911. Sure I have a leg rig. And an Army Field rig… but I’m not one that I can carry concealed with. That’s most strange to me. Because I’ve been working on my 1911 a bit here and there all day long. Just holding it, gives me some comfort and satisfaction in the beauty of the thing.
Mine is not a fancy 1911. It’s not shiny and it’s not gleaming with black tactical pretense. It is, just what it is. And that’s why I love it so much. It’s very honest about what it is. Springfield Armory may have discontinued it… the “GI” model, but I think it was a mistake… because for some reason, I think it was the best 1911 Springfield Armory has ever made.
The finish is worn. In places, down the bare metal. The wood grips are scratched and scared. It’s heavy, being made of solid steel. The sights are the old style, rudimentary and hard to see. The hammer spur is long, and with GI grip safety – it can bite you. It’s not the most pleasant gun to look at or fire for any amount of time. But it has something else….
Reliability. I’ve not had a failure with this pistol… Not a single jam or misfire… and the accuracy has been above par. I trust this gun. It’s one of the few guns I keep loaded at all times. (Which reminds me… it’s time to rotate the magazines) It has never let me down when I put it to the test and it has done everything I’ve ever asked of it.
It reminds me of myself. I’m not old, but I feel a lot older than I should for a man of my age. It’s not the years, it’s the miles, they say. My finish is worn and so are my parts. I’m not pleasing to look at, and I’m a bit too heavy, and I can bite when not handled properly. But I am reliable, and I hit hard, and I hit true.
Getting back into the job market… looking for employment. I’m suddenly no longer optimistic. I’m not as young as I used to be, and my family is larger and their necessities are more expensive… Feeding them is a challenge. If an Employer is like a Gun Buyer… Why would they pick an old ugly GI 1911 when for less money they could buy one of these younger M&P’s or Glocks?
Such thoughts have depressed me greatly. Regardless of that, I’ll be packing my 1911 from now until… Well… I need to find a good EDC holster for this thing. I think perhaps, I shall make one.
This 1911 is special to me. It is an almost identical clone to one issued to me when I was in uniform and found myself in a kinetic altercation. The result was both my adversary and myself laying on the ground fifty yards apart. I credit my armor for saving my life from his hit on me. I credit the 1911 with denying him a second shot. This is something that no Glock or M&P has done for me. And well, this 1911 didn’t either, but it is a mirror image of the one that did. That one was a Colt and had to be returned to the armory. This clone was made by Springfield Armory. I consider it to be close enough for a memento. The fact that it’s served so well ever since I acquired it is only a happy bonus.
Vladimir Putin is more popular than ever and is going to take the Ukraine with little effort.
Canada is getting itchy.
Scotland is going to split off from the United Kingdom.
Maryland State Police seem to be pissing on the Constitution more than Capitol Hill Insiders.
These are interesting times. What should we do about all this?
What we need to do, is to get a grasp of our own legacy. Our American heritage… our American Spirit. American Exceptionalism. To quote Mufasa, “You have forgotten who you are.”
We need to remember.
I’ve left G-Code Holsters. I am proud of the hard work and good things I brought to G-Code. I am now looking for a new opportunity to use my skills and talent in the Gun Industry.
I tried to look at some Harley Davidson Motorcycles last Saturday with Caryn and Evil Jim. We went to a normal bike shop first, Honda’s, Zukes, Yamas, Kawis…. The stuff I normally like. And of course I found… oh… about a dozen bikes I could have ridden home.
And then we went to the Harley shop.
Outside the shop was some used bikes lined up. One in particular looked most appealing to me. I liked it’s look because it had a nice fat front tire that matched the look of the bike, but it was more of a Sportster 1200. This meant it was automatically about 2000 dollars over priced. But I was digging it.
And then the salesman was so kind as to fire it up for me. Thankfully this killed my interest in any Harley about instantly. It was shaking like someone was tazering an over caffeinated Michael J Fox. I expected to see stuff to start flying off the thing. Also, it was just loud as fu**. Coming from a lifetime of firing guns of varying calibers with varying levels of earpro – I can tell you. It was loud as fu**. Painfully so. And not loud as in Voice of Almighty deep rumble loud. I’m talking more M-60E fired in an indoor range and you didn’t get your earpro on before the jackhole pulled the trigger. Trust me – it’s that loud.
I stood there looking at this thing violently shaking as it was abusing what is left of my hearing… The sales guy was smiling like he was proud of this. I don’t understand this. To me, this thing is missing some parts or something is seriously wrong in that engine… and for the love of all that is holy, put a Muffler on that thing.
We went inside to look around. I like the looks of the Iron 883, and in most bikes, an 883 is a good sized bike. I love the Mid Sized bikes. Between 750 and 1000, that’s my sweet spot. But nooo… not in a Harley. In the Leather Chaps world of HD, the 883 is a “Girls Bike”. Or worse yet, it’s considered a “Starter Bike”. Really?
Let’s see… consider the flag ship bike in the shop was a speed boat green sparkly festival of bling for over 30,000 Dollars US. You have got to be kidding me. What with the HD Shield in the tires, and half the dealership being SWAG… I just can’t take Harley as a serious motorcycle brand. It’s too ridiculous. It’s too BRAND and not enough BIKE. It’s not about Riding, it’s about being in a Cult.
Harley is the Scientology of Motorcycles.
You made one good bike, Harley. ONE. And you cancelled it. What the hell is wrong with you people? You are so over stuffed with your own Egos and calling yourselves Bikers and talk about living the Bike Life – but I never – NEVER see you freaking posers out riding in bad weather. I never see you guys actually doing any hard core riding. I see your shit in TRAILERS and in Garages. You got a Harley – Feh – You have a Garage Queen. So unless you are riding 8 thousand miles a year or more – You can just STFU about your Harley.
The Dodge Challenger is an interesting car. It’s a big car that can go fast. Fundamentally, that makes it scary. It’s a Muscle Car at heart. I’m not going to bring up the original Challengers because they have nothing to do with the new ones other than some subtle character lines on the outside.
This is the Challenger RT “Classic Package”. Really the only thing classic about it are the throwback style wheels that remind me of all my favorite HotWheels as a kid… I have to say, I really like the look of this car. Blood Red, with those wheels… It hits a spot with me. Unfortunately, this car would attract way too much Cop Eye for me to ever have any fun in. And really that “HEY LOOK AT ME!” color is just not me. It’s not as bad as the bright Orange and Yellow Challengers, but still…. it’s pretty bad in the grand scheme of things. I do like the look though. Just on someone else’s car.
Then I test drove this one. I had driven a Challenger before, but it was a base model, with a V-6. That car felt huge and ponderous and it didn’t feel all that great. That hood really felt like it was way out there, and it just felt like I was piloting a barge. This model though, was different. The Hemi V-8 really makes this a different car. And it was a Manual. This one was better. This one was the RT Shaker edition. The Shaker as in the Hood Scoop that would shake in the originals… But it doesn’t do that on this one as the hood scoop is basically only a cold air intake. Which is good. But not giving you the ram air effect of the original. So for the most part all it is about is the look. And it looks good. The hood scoop is very visible when you are driving. But not really getting in the way.
Pick a Gun Company. Any existing Gun Company, big or small. You are now the CEO, Chairman of the Board, and Majority Shareholder. It’s your company. You can do anything you want with it. What are the TOP FIVE things you would do with your Gun Company?
I’d take SIG SAUER.
1. First thing I’d do, right off the bat… End the relationship with iTAC Defense. iTAC is SIG’s goiter. It’s the unwanted, unloved tumor that people tend to get rid of as soon as possible. You have well engineered and made firearms, and then you have this cheap plastic crap that devalues the weapon system that the iTAC item is bundled with. It’s AOL installed on your new computer. The holster is a terrible knock off of the SERPA… it actually makes the SERPA look good. The Red Dots are okay on the outside, but the field of view is too small and the Dot is too big and the optical quality is much like trying to see through a Vegas Fremont Street dive bar… DANK. Dark and murky. Do not get me started on the SIG Lights.
If SIG is going to Bundle holsters and lights and Red Dots… SIG has got to realize it’s intended market position and select accessories that are in that same position. SIG wants to be the Mercedes Benz of the Firearms World – Who’s the Mercedes of those accessories? Red Dots? Trijicon. Lights? Surefire. Make some deals with those guys and make it happen.
2. Kill the P250. The P250 is SIG’s SIGMA. You might think it’s just fine or you may have thought the SIGMA is fine. You are wrong, and all your taste is in your mouth. You are a Philistine, and your opinion is invalid. The new 320 may be an improvement on the P250, but that’s a low hurdle. I’d kill the 320 as well. Because a Modular Handgun is a good idea, being able to fit a handgun to the hand of the shooter is idea thats time has come. But the P250 is a really bad execution of that idea. Everyone else has done this the right way, simply and effectively with swappable panels. This started with the Walther P99 and now most everyone has done this – HK has done it the best. SIG goes and does something completely different, which is fine… but they did it completely wrong. Changing grip frames to go up and down in sizes of the gun it’s self… We’ve see that before in the Dan Wesson revolvers. Nice execution there… but not exactly a success in the market. Why is that? Because no one really wants that. Why have 1 gun that changes when you can have 2? I’d rather sell someone two guns. They would rather own two guns. How do I know? Because I’d rather have two guns. Changing calibers is different. That’s cool. Look at the TC Contender and Encore pistols. That works. But if the Contender or Encore was all the same caliber and only let you change barrel lengths – I don’t think it would have been the success that we see today. The other thing the Contenders and Encores have going for them are that they are well crafted. The P250 may be well crafted – but it doesn’t feel that way to me. It feels as solid as a 68 VW Beetle that every time you shut the door you leave a line of powdered rust under the door sills. It feels tinny and hollow. Exactly in the same way a Glock or XDM or M&P doesn’t. SIG needs a serious polymer framed Stryker fired pistol. Not a 250 with a conversion kit stuck in it.
3. This. And This. What are you making guns in Turkey now? Sarsilmaz your contractor now? Come on. What the hell is this? This is SIG’s version of the DONK. This has got to stop. Along with it, all the different color variations that are separating the SIG Brand from the SIG core foundation. I counted 26 different versions of the P226. Twenty Six. I’m sorry, but that is just pants on the head retarded. That needs to be trimmed down. You make 20 different pistol types and each one has a couple dozen versions. And that’s not even counting the pistol versions of the rifles… If I did, that’s 26 again. That just… It gives me that sharp stabbing pain right behind my eyes… that headache… SIG – you give me THAT headache.
4. The P210 is literally more than twice the actual price it should be. I’ll give you 1200 bucks MSRP on them. No more. I’d make the P210 pistol something that every enthusiast can obtain… and by doing that I’d burst open the flood gates and take the single stack 9mm market by storm. And don’t tell me that it’s so bloody complicated to machine. This is the age of 5 axis CNC milling when you are talking about a pistol made in the age of hand machining. You can make it faster and cheaper without sacrificing quality. By limiting the production you inflate to value. Look at it this way – everyone competing with an X5 – should be competing with a P210. Make that your flagship line. Don’t call it a “Legend” Others will call it that for you.
4. Your State Compliant guns. GONE. Screw those states. I’m not going to make a special gun that compromises my product to capitulate with Anti-Gun bullshit legislation. I wouldn’t sell a single item in those states. Not only that… I’d move out of New Hampshire and move to a state that is unquestioned in regards to the Second Amendment. I’d move to Arizona. The right to keep and bear arms in AZ is not up for debate. That’s where a premier gun maker needs to be based. Not in New England. New England had the industrial roots at the turn of the century, which is why the great gun companies grew there – but that time has passed. It’s time to go to where your supporters are. The tax dollars you generate for a state that doesn’t support your industry – is folly. Move. Close every office, move ever person and asset, liquidate what’s left. Restart anew. That’s what needs to happen.
5. Where’s my Shotgun? Specifically, where is my semi-automatic, tactical shotgun?
If you say Off Roading to different people, it’s going to mean different things. And I don’t pretend to be an expert at anyone of them, but I’ve tried them…
Rock Crawling has never had much appeal to me. Fighting your vehicle over obstacles may be fun for some… Twisting axels and drive shafts and blowing your tire’s bead off the rims… no, I don’t consider that fun. Sure, it’s fun to watch others do it. But I’ve never been tempted to do it for sport. I’ve done it a couple times out of necessity in my Bronco or my Scotsdale… but I only did it to get out of areas I got into and had no other way out of. No, I’ll avoid rock crawling as much as possible.
I’ve never liked Mudding either. Sure it can be fun, but it can get you stuck tighter than anything else. See, the Earth doesn’t like Mud Boggers and Mother Earth strives to punish them… Sucking them down ever deeper into her grasp. I was once stuck for over 14 hours when I went Mudding with some folks in Washington State. We were so stuck, a couple of us had to hike out to find Search and Rescue. The Rescue vehicle showed up, pulled them out (While me and another fellow hung out at the Rescue Station and waited for them to make it back) and then got stuck them selves. That cured me of all my desire for Mudding. And then as further punishment, the Mud will get into your axles and bearings and everywhere else it can cause havoc and if you don’t get it washed out good – will act as a grinding compound to eat your vehicle alive. No, no thank you.
Now then there is Overlanding. This is my kind of off roading. Overlanding is about traveling. It’s about going some place, not just getting through some thing. The way I see it, Overlanding has a point. A destination as well as the journey.
I see a lot of Off Road vehicles guys are setting up and a lot of them just make me scratch my head. What are they set up for? To me, it seems they are set up for looks only. Some look like they could be set up for Mudding or Rock Crawling until you look closer. Few are set up to be an actual Bug Out Vehicle, yet that’s what their owners are saying they are. I’m sorry, but Jeep is cool with your 454 on a stock 18 gallon tank turning 44″ tires isn’t going to get you much distance, so I hope you are not Bugging too far Out.
To me, a good Bug Out Vehicle has to be a good Overland Vehicle. Imagine it this way… You have to get from one coast to the other, without going on a Freeway or passing through a city and avoiding as much population as possible, and avoiding Points of Entry along the way. Now plot that course out. You may have to take some trails or fire roads. You may have to cross open BLM Land. Forestry Trails. Follow power line trails.
Okay, let’s get serious here. Think about your Zombie Plan. Your SHTF Plan. Your Bug Out Plan… Where are you Bugging Out too? How are you going to get there. Now think about who you are taking with you. Okay, now think about what you are going to need. Now think about how you are going to take that with you. Yeah, just having a 4×4 isn’t the solution. You may not actually need a 4×4. If your plan is just “getting up into the mountains”… You need a better plan.
This is where Overlanding has some good value. It’s like a how we go to Shooting Courses to learn the art of gunfighting… but for Bugging Out. Get out there… get into the wilderness. Get away from Wi-Fi. Disconnect from things. And put yourself to the Bug Out Test. By actually Bugging Out for awhile.
Man, I do miss my Chevy Scotsdale 4×4 right now.
I’ve taken no small amount of flak for my 2013 Chevy Equinox. But let me point out some thing. The Feds no longer own any GM stocks. It’s all been sold, and all monies borrowed from the Feds have been repaid. So you can stop with the Government Motors bullshit. It’s over and that line is tired. If you are going to remain a hater – at least be a creative one. Okay? At least make yourself entertaining. Come on, I drive an Equinox. I can use all the entertainment I can get.
That’s what I drive. V-6, 300+ horses, dual exhausts, alloy wheels, and all the charisma you need to stay solidly locked in The Friend Zone.
Don’t get me wrong – the EQ is a great little station wagon (if you ask the local constabulary) or SUV (if you ask Chevy and Motor Trend) that gets good mileage, has enough juice for it’s purposes, cruises the free way and back roads quite well… and it is quiet and comfortable and has some very excellent luxury features that I truly appreciate from my previous vehicle’s complete lack of luxury.
510 CC’s of Desert Racing Fury – Truly a badass machine. Luxury Items – Hand Guards, Electric Starter, And a seat hard enough to hammer forge Katanas over. Man… I miss that bike!
Well, it did have hand guards. And an electric starter. Rode that thing last winter. Sure it was badass and hard core… but to be honest, a freaking Utah Winter? What the hell was I thinking? I was not right in the head. This winter? The EQ is a godsend. Heated Seats. Used to laugh at those. They are, as I found out, completely wonderful. And a touch screen XM infotainment system is fantastic. Back Up Camera – awesome. And it’s a handsome looking Cross-Ute. It is one of the top selling Mid Sized Ute’s on the market, for good reason. It’s totally competent in everything. I do like it. But it’s boring. Boring in the same way that Nice Guys always end up in The Friend Zone. It’s lacking Sex Appeal. Bravado. Machismo. Passion. Chevy has a few cars that have stepped up in the Testosterone Department.
One word: Badass.
The latest Gen of the Camaro is a solid looking muscle car. It’s badass on the inside, outside, under the hood, from the front, and from the back. It’s a badass car. It looks badass. It sounds badass. It is – badass. It also attracts Cop Eye like Democrats to Tax Dollars. While it has all the fun features a muscle car needs, it doesn’t quite have the level of comfort that I want. I want a bit more visibility and a bit lower profile when driving past the local law dogs looking to make quota. I need less Cop Eye yet I don’t want to give up the cojones, if you know what I mean. Something more balanced. And something that doesn’t get you into that Mustang vs Camaro back and forth trash talk I find irritating. That, and I think I would prefer the new 2015 Mustang anyways. But that’s not what I need either. Because both of these cars lack something else I need. A Back Seat. No, I mean a Real back seat. Not that I’d be in it, but I have sons who are as tall as I am, one as Big as I am, and I need to be able to carry at least 3 of them. That means I need a full sized sedan, with 4 doors.
Now, who makes a Full Sized Sedan that has Cojones? There is the Dodge Charger. There is BMW’s 5 Series. There is the Mercedes – I can’t even afford to look at those. And there is Audi, and we have a couple from Japan. There is the Chrysler 300 SRT And there is the Ford… no… wait… Ford doesn’t have anything. And Cadillac’s CTS-V (or VSport). Sticking Domestic Market, the Axis Powers are out. Sorry Germany. Sorry Japan. That leaves the Chrysler… Which is far too expensive. So is Cadillac. So those guys are out. So really that leave it down to the Dodge Charger… the Cop Car of Choice for the last few years. And this guy…
Now we’re talking.
The Chevy SS. Here’s why I like it… no… LOVE IT. I would take this car over everything else… Even the more expensive or Axis options. For one, it’s got Cajones. It’s a muscle car though and through. Yet it’s wearing a button down collar shirt and a suit jacket. Even has a bow tie. With jeans and sneakers. I like that. Far less Cop Eye, and it’s going to give the Dodge Charger a run for it’s money in LE Agency Sales soon. In fact, it’s looks have been compared to the Malibu – a Rental Fleet standard. This is actually an advantage. It’s automotive camouflage. It’s a Sleeper. A Q Ship. I can go fast, and then when there are cops about, I can slow down and get back with traffic and blend right in. Inside, the SS has the luxury items I have grown to appreciate. And it has good visibility all the way around. You can drive this car every day. You can live with it. It’s not a Weekend Only track car. It’s a family car. With Cajones. I really think Chevy has a home run here. Pontiac had to too with the G8, but Pontiac had one critical flaw… It was a freaking Pontiac and I hate Pontiacs. Put that red arrow head badge on something and you’ve ruined it for me. Yes, everyone likes to point out that it’s really a Holden – great – I’m glad you can regurgitate the oft-repeated obvious. However since Chevy owns Holden – It’s still Chevy through and through, so suck it. The interior is all Chevy with their new styling that I find very attractive. They have been putting out nicer interiors than any other Domestic and most Foreign. I’ve been in some new cars and their interiors feel like they were from 15 years ago but with an iPad glued to the dash.
Here’s the thing, and you can argue amongst yourselves about this… Unlike other companies that took Government Bail Out Money – General Motors actually put it to good use and have transformed the company. They are making good cars now. Look at what they were making before… Crap. It was all crap. I hated everything Chevy was making that wasn’t a Truck. Now look at them… Well, don’t look at the Volt. But look at everything else. They look good. They run good. They are are making solid cars now. Hell, even the Malibu is a decent – albeit coma-inspiring – car.
Now look at S&W. Under the Clinton Administration S&W signed a contract with the Department of Urban Housing. I’m not going to go into that, you can read about that here. Or Google it all up all on your own. The fallout of this was that all True Patriots gave S&W the middle finger. I did too. Just like GM. Yeah, I was hating on GM too… which was not hard to do because like I said before – I already did. Save for the trucks. Okay, back to S&W… When S&W was brought back to All American Ownership after that DUH Contract SNAFU, they needed to seek forgiveness from the American Gun Owners. They did this and brought out the S&W .500 Magnum. Because – forgive me for using this phrase – “Because ‘Merica”. They made the Biggest Baddest Handgun on the planet. And then they made the .460 because they decided to make something actually usable on that big beautiful frame. Then they brought out their 1911’s. And even redid the SIGMA into something actually good – the M&P. And then they brought out their AR-15’s. They brought out things that the American Shooter loves. And it wasn’t a half assed job – they put effort into them – They were making Good Stuff.
Chevy, “The Heartbeat of America” is doing the same thing. Like S&W they have taken their lumps. They have learned their lesson. And they are making Good Stuff… and they deserve our forgiveness. GM employs a lot of American. Chevy employs a lot of good people. I know some of them. They like their Guns and they dislike Obama as much as we do. They could use our support. Especially since they are making some great vehicles.
I do not even need to go there with the new Corvette Stingray. Because – Damn.
