Cirrus could build in metal, fit traditional instruments and use the best quality leathers etc - the whole thing would be a work of art, but you would need to double the price.
Double the price ? A Mooney or a Bonanza isn't double of the price !
Ahum... Beechcraft is making a plane at roughly the same price WITH the best quality leathers and in METAL, and not the piper metal.
Why people buy more Cirrus than a Beechcraft G36 who you can upgrade to a G36TN TAT is beyond my imagination.
- in other words it doesnt matter how good the product, if not enough people buy it you are stuffed.
Luckily we have forums like this where people who look beyond the Cirrus marketing machine are looking and spitting their opinion. Something that isn't really allowed by the Cirrus owners so it seems. It's not my fault you believed the cirrus marketing and ended up with a plane who carries a depreciation value of $1600 per flying hour or $18 per hour that you live.