Beautiful car - One more important thing to consider regarding driving it home: Rock chips.
8 hours on the road will mean bugs, road debris, and at least a couple paint dings on the nose and/or rear fenders.
Bugs and road grime wash off, paint dings don't.
Think about whether you are ready and willing to live with owning a "lived in" car right off the bat...
If you do decide to go for the road trip home, then go back up and read Mr Mustang's "shopping list" above one more time
