Advice on Which make & options I should Buy?

[ACademic]

A lot of good advice here. But the formula is really simple:

1. Drive one.
2. Find a different brand and drive that one, too.
3. If it's still for you, then seek the most Cobra that you can afford (albeit with compromises worked into the equation).
4. If your choice is not the ones that you test drove prior, then drive that, too.
5. If you can live with those same certain compromises, revert to #3.
6. If it's not for you, then seek the Corvette/Porsche that best suits your style and tastes.

[Slick61]

Originally Posted by ACademic

A lot of good advice here. But the formula is really simple:

1. Drive one.
2. Find a different brand and drive that one, too.
3. If it's still for you, then seek the most Cobra that you can afford (albeit with compromises worked into the equation).
4. If your choice is not the ones that you test drove prior, then drive that, too.
5. If you can live with those same certain compromises, revert to #3.
6. If it's not for you, then seek the Corvette/Porsche that best suits your style and tastes.

... not trying to be a jerk or highjack the thread, but am I the only one who would NOT let someone test drive my car, were I to sell it? Maybe it's just me, but there's no way I'm going to let a stranger with unknown background & driving experience get behind the wheel of my little 615 hp monster. I never drove a Cobra (replica or otherwise) until 3 days AFTER I bought mine. It did not leave the garage until registration and insurance were fully in place. It's surprising what you can learn from the passenger seat. I zeroed in very quickly on what I wanted after a few "test rides".

[patrickt]

Originally Posted by Slick61

... not trying to be a jerk or highjack the thread, but am I the only one who would NOT let someone test drive my car, were I to sell it?

A lot of us feel that way. But he needs to find some sap, somewhere, that will let him drive one, because, when he does, I have a hunch it's not going to be what he thinks it's going to be....

[RodKnock]

Originally Posted by Slick61

... not trying to be a jerk or highjack the thread, but am I the only one who would NOT let someone test drive my car, were I to sell it? Maybe it's just me, but there's no way I'm going to let a stranger with unknown background & driving experience get behind the wheel of my little 615 hp monster. I never drove a Cobra (replica or otherwise) until 3 days AFTER I bought mine. It did not leave the garage until registration and insurance were fully in place. It's surprising what you can learn from the passenger seat. I zeroed in very quickly on what I wanted after a few "test rides".

I think what you're trying to say is represented well in this recent Allstate "mayhem" commercial: