I like many people have always dreamed of owning a Cobra someday in life but never wanted a "cheap replica." I was selling my Dinan BMW M5 and looking for something equally fun to replace it with. I was looking and Corvettes, F355 Ferrari, all kinds of stuff. I then ran into a guy at a Shelby show I had my Mustang at. We started talking and I realized it was actually within my means to get a correct looking, well built, drivable Cobra! So the search began. I came to the conclusion very quickly, I wanted an SPF even over a CSX and I had to buy new, just to insure that the backwards reg process we have in California was done properly. So I bought it, put it together and fired it up on Fathers Day 2009 for the first time. My only regret is not driving it more! My wife was totally behind it and loves driving it as well. Our thought was, we are in our mid thirties now, and our kids are very young....do it now and we can always sell it later, or wait another 198 years un til they are both out of college and then try, well the choice was obvious. We have not looked back once. The only problem now, is there has been some talk about his & hers....this may get expensive!