I am going to change my daily driver. I bought this gorgeous convertible DB7 Vantage Volante with very low mileage and it was great until we had our first rain here in Southern California, the result was $12,000 of repairs which luckily for me was paid for by the insurance company. We had to replace both engine mgmt computers as well as the transmission computer. To this day I don't know how the water got in and the dealer does not know either. I don't have room in the garage so the car has to stay out. Now, my driveway has a very steep angle and I guess AM did not plan for this. My next daily driver is going to be a Porsche which I feel is the best engineered most fun to drive sports car today. Maybe a new 911, a cayman S or even maybe a very low mileage, very clean late model air cooled 993 which is viewed by many and by myself as well as the ultimate rendition of the 911. All this to say that there is nothing wrong about center or rear engine cars. I think the problem with modern cars is the weight, and all the gimmicks that the car manufacturers install in the new cars. There are very few modern cars that I like, most of them are boring or just plain ugly or packed with useless crap. I would love an Elise but it's really not convenient for daily transportation, it's just too small for me.