Thank you for being rational; I appreciate it a lot. My frustration comes from all this "back in the good 'ole days" stuff that has NOTHING to do with the subject of this thread.

For example, I used to own a LOT of Porsches, but I haven't had one in about ten years. If I were in a discussion about Porsche's build quality on their curent cars, I wouldn't dream of basing my opinon on the ones I owned because they have no bearing on the subject. The same with Ferrari. I had a beautiful little Dino 246gts, but my experiences with that car don't mean crap when talking about a Modena. It just common sense. I loved my early production Shelby GT350 (damn, I miss that car), but what does that have to do with the current Mustang? Squat!