My pre-Mooney-purchase checklist would look like:
a) Do I need a significant load carrying capablility (e.g. 3 adults + bags on extended trips on a regular basis)?
b) Do I regularly need to operate off less-than-perfect grass?
c) Do I regularly need to operate off strips less than about 700 m?
d) Do I regularly need to operate in significant crosswinds? (e.g. I live in Scotland at a single-runway airport!)
If the answer to all those questions is "no", go with your emotion and buy the Mooney. They're wonderful.