Have to agree with everyone about this - the aircraft/money problem becomes far less when you research it.
When talking about flying with airline pilots, many of them go misty-eyed remembering their Pitts S1C or C152 or Thruster or whatever - they WANT to fly GA, but a lot of them hardly have the time. Yes, they fly for a living, but they willingly pay good money to fly something without an autopilot or glass cockpit simply for the fun of it. That's how much it means, and that's what makes me wonder whether I'd be better off staying at PPL level and buying an old Pitts!