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Intouch, fair enough arguement. I think what would help is comparing the Superformance to a Factory Five, both are close in concept, but in an apples to apples comparision would make the "quality" of your car be more visible. In comparing to a modern car (Lotus or Porsche), you will almost always be left disappointed because it's a different era, concept and design your trying to compare. Add that too stubborn German perfectionists and you really don't see what you bought is one of the best replica's out there (next to ERA and Kirkham). The best comparisions are ones which let the person establish a fair baseline, I can spend a million dollars on a classic fully restored Ferrari, and it will never approach an F430 in the terms of fit and finish, and lets not even discuss performance. You can try and hang new suspension parts and such to the classic, but it still is a classic design. The Superformance tries and builds some modern updates into the car (love the 12v plug for the radar/IPOD accessiories), but it keeps some of the "feel" of the original so it can take you back to that period. I kinda look at the funny vibrations, loud pipes, poor brakes, half-ass attempt to design a top for foul weather as a way to remind us of what was.

And I agree about the Kirkham, I also could have justified the expense...just not the time, sweat and tears it would take to fix a "dent" in an aluminum vs the ease of touching up a chip in a SPF. Guess I'm getting lazy.
Later.