[patrickt]

And my post wasn't meant to attach any importance to one particular difference or another, you just owe it to yourself to learn about them before you buy them. The wiper orientation probably doesn't matter to 99% of the people on this board (including me) -- but it does to a few. Some very learned Cobra fans prefer the FFR rear to the original's look; that's fine, so long as you make that decision on an informed basis. Pedals that don't come up from the floor bug me, while an aluminum shell really doesn't matter much to me at all -- most of the members on this board would take opposite positions on that stuff. A slanted radiator with dual pushers is something I adore; others couldn't care less about either of those two items. But if you haven't seen them, touched them, assessed their importance to you, and then dismissed the ones that have no personal merit then you're just setting yourself up for a dissapointment as you become a little more "edumucated" on Cobras (and then you have to go to the trouble of doing it all again).