Good points:
Angelina Jolie has one and if she is reading this I think she has great taste in aircraft and would be free to come flying with her anytime.
Bad points
Miss Jolie you can stop reading now and feel free to PM me)
Fixed gear hanging down into the slipstream (even the most aerodynamic gear fairings are still worse than doing what the birds do and tucking the gear away). I just hate the aesthetics and the idea of that wasted avgas.(same goes for the Lancair Columbia)
Bits have fallen off - the cirrus chief test pilot was killed a few years ago after an aileron departed the airframe - tragically the aircraft he was in did not have a BRS fitted. There have been one or two other 'bits falling off' scenarios that scared me out of buying one.
Composite - I still don't trust it when there is any chance of lightning around - would much rather be in a metal airframe - remember than glider accident when the 2 guys ended up minus the wings sitting in a canopy-less fuselage with the wind whislting up their trouser legs after a lightning strike in a composite glider. (I write this having 500+ hours in composite aircraft myself)
De-icing - actually anti-icing
AFAIK - not certified for known ice. So in other words not tested as rigorously as in known ice certified A/C. Hence iceblock scenario.
I really also hate all the "we just saved another life with our BRS" nonsense. C'mon guys - you can strap a 'chute to your back if you like but how many accidents are caused by the aircraft becoming unflyable?
Basically it's a plane for people who want their plane to be like a car with a get-out handle.
I am now going to hide as I know how popular they are.
Seriously though, Miss Jolie, Brad does not fly and you could have a lot more fun flying with me - I might even get into your cirrus if you promised to hold my stick.
SB