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babrams,
You did not ruffle MY feathers, however I must apologize for giving you a tongue and cheek answer when you were actually seeking out straight answers.

One rule of thumb in the Cobra ownership and in comparisons of manufacturers that can't be ignored is RESALE.

Go to CobraCountry.com Look at all the cars for sale and look at the asking prices (which does not mean they'll get it) look at the listing of best features of the cars and their relative value.
Pretty soon you will have most of your questions answered why one over the other.

That is where you start to back into the questions , "WHY does this one sell more than the other?" "Why is this make more in demand than the other?", Why are there so many of those and yet only a few of those for sale?".

Some of the answers are not obvious. If there are more SPFs for sale that doesn't mean their owners are unhappy and they are dumping them. Just that there are more of them out there to begin with, than the other brands you may be looking at.

You may also see more FFRs than others. That is also true in the case of FFRs. There are a bunch of them for various reasons. Less expensive to buy and build, and some of the owners may be moving up and put their cars up for sale.

None of these are poor reflections on the cars themselves. Just that there indeed is a pecking order in the Cobra world out there. To deny it and to say I have a Rattle Snake 390 and happy with it is not the same thing as saying the RS 390 is as good a car as an ERA just because someone is happy with it.

My wife maybe happy with Kia because it is affordable, and may not be planning on keeping for long and it may be available in colors Lexus doesn't come.
It just doen't make it as good a car as a Lexus because someone bought it.

Doesn't matter what you buy, you will think it is the best thing out there. Just that you wouldn't be the most objective person to ask.

That is how it goes in the Cobra world.

Do a search here using some key words and see what others think.

The used cars from different manufacturers are worth as much as they are when they go up for sale for a reason.
Sometiimes $10,000 more spent on a car may bring back $15,000 when you sell it.

I know this place is full of people who bought Cobras and saved $5000,, but lost more than $5000 when they sold it.
Do your homewrok, because there IS a big difference.

If someone owns an ABC Cobrand tells you ABC is good, dismiss that and look for prasies from those who own XYZ and yet they tell you how good ABC is.