I really shouldn't be here...

[backafter20]

Hi, I'm Jim. I've been in love with Cobras since I was 17 (over 25 years). I don't have one, and am in no danger of getting one any time soon. I have one daughter in college and another in high school, and a toy car just doesn't fit into my budget right now. When daughter #2 gets out, maybe. I've been on these forums for years. Never posted, but learned alot. I spend most of my time on The Mustang Source, with the same userid. (I do have an '05 Mustang GT, which is "Shelbyized" a bit, but not a copy of anything.) I have spoken to several members of the Mile High Cobra Club here in the Denver area, who have all been very nice to me and encouraged me to join, but I'd feel dumb in a Mustang, and being around all those Cobras would just drive me nuts, knowing I don't have one. Which is why I really shouldn't be here and shouldn't start talking to you guys. But I am... Are there many of you like me who don't have a Cobra, but are so infatuated with the car that you constantly research it on the net? You've built all the models, collected the die-cast, put snakes on a real Mustang that shouldn't have them, and know when Carroll Shelby's birthday is? You realize that you could get a much nicer car with many more amenities and plenty of performance for much less money and you don't care? You feel dirty when you stop at a dealership just to look at a Corvette? You try to get excited by other cars which are more practical, but you just can't? That's me. I love Cobras, and there is really no logical reason why, but nothing else will ever measure up. I hope to get one some day, but for now, you can all just tease me with stories of how you're on your third one. Nice to meet ya, finally.