What am I missing here?

As a commited/commitable Aero person I think there is a great place for strict trads and enhanced trads as an experience.

My first introduction to Morgan (driving) was an Aero S1 and I laughed out loud that something that Biggles had used to dent a lamppost went like a stabbed rat, including bends. Track car no. Lazy V8 <4000rpm> Wooohooo.

Later I had a go in PeterJ's V6 trad. I will admit it was a handful and rather put me off. The front and back appeared to be in different timezones. It certainly had some go but I was uncomfortable using the performance on public roads as it felt a bit unfettered.

Since then I have had a go in some sorted Trads and they are pretty handy little beasts. Agreed they needed suspension upgrades to make them good fun. They were not a Lotus Exige or Alpine but they were pretty good and on the speed/width of public roads they were fun. If I think how any other cars from that age feel it's not disturbing. Some of the tuned and upgraded models can surprise modern cars.

Not a 911.2.A.4.x but then where I now live all that would bring is more frustration as I sit behind a 2024 Range Rover Spurt driven by a tourist on the Devon roads. Stopping as every car comes towards them and almost stopping at every pot hole, boy have we got a few of them. Even in my Aero I can drive around them without chewing hedges and inbound tractors.

A strict trad is a different driving experience that does not goad you to drive fast and then becoming frustrated. A tweaked Trad means you can have fun at more socially acceptable speeds.

Me, I am hooligan and love a V8 with side pipes that goes like a total meanie when there is legal room. Thats the issue, legal room. In the S2 on a sunny day in Devon I can select 3-4th and roll along with a big smile and people love the car. I have spent three years trying to work out what to replace it with. Can't find anything. Lotus Exige down here would be a waste as the roads would mean I could never push it. A 911 was on the list but left early as they are fat these days. A good 930 or early model is just daft money.

It is a genuine challenge to find a car that can bring a smile and let you engage modern roads without hitting the Monopoly "go directly to jail" as a whole experience. My daily is an AMG E63 estate so it's not like I don't know what 700bhp feels like?