[decooney]

What's funny to me sometimes is how some people go to great lengths (sometimes spending years researching) to get the last 2% here and there comparing this car to that car before buying one... And, once they do, they end up barely driving their Cobra to anywhere beyond the local show and shine or 30 minutes here and there from their house, stoplight to stoplight. Me included except for maybe on one or two long trips a year really.

I agree, it's great to find a nice car with all the right stuff, but I'd bet 1 out of every 20 members out here ever truly realize the functional or competetive differences on the street or track between brands x,y,or z. Emotion and the hype-factors generated in local circles seem to influence who buys what in most cases if you ask me. SPF, ERA, Unique, FFR replicas... they are all pretty nice cars for what most (19 of 20) people do with them anyhow.

I'll never truly realize the potential of my ERA 427SC, not even close.