Backdraft73 Time for the bad guy to tell you the dark side.
Cobras have killed people, some are from the CC group over the years. There is a big different between a new vette and cobra. SAFETY, forgiveness and comforts is the main thing. Safety in a vette, airbags, traction control, powersteering, crush zones and abs. Cobras, alot have manual steering, manual brakes, questionable designs if the car is in an accident. No airbags. Large seat belts that will leave marks on you if you have an accident. A steel bar behind you unless you padded it to crack your head on in a frontend hit. I have seen cobras on there roofs, I have not seen vettes on there, wider car and more stable not to say it doesn't happen. A new vette cruises to the point you can almost fall asleep in with comfort, I don't think anyone on this forum has fallen asleep driving there cobra without being drunk or sleep depervation. Hal C. and couple of the other guys have covered alot of the in's and out's of owning a cobra. The problem I see is respect of this car with a high HP motor and light weight. You can get into trouble in the blink of an eye. If you are lucky and God is watching, you walk away, others have not been as lucky. I will tell you to treat this car like a loaded gun. Be careful, have fun but not get stupid and you will have many years of enjoyment.
Small problem I didn't see in the thread, time split up between car, wife, kids, or worst girlfriend. This car will become the new misstress.
Hope they understand this.
Other thing is try not to smile too much after a road cruise. They will all think you where up to something wrong. This covers everything from icecream run to nooky run.
Small side note, a 40+ year old cobra ran in the optimati challenge and outran all of the fastest cars in this event. It's not to say that cobra #3710 didn't have a little work done to the suspension, brakes and wheels but still beat some of the latest new cars. Cobras are the measuring stick for all other cars in the US. I hope you buy one, James Y. will do you right and take care of getting what you need to be safe and have alot of fun. Go to a couple of driving schools to brushup on your skills also.
Rick L.