I heard from one owner that it is pretty good as a basic plane - constant criticism from the U.S. Flying magazine notwithstanding.
What it needs is de-ice and good avionics, with a good autopilot.
What beats me is that so many punters put money down on it, and then took delivery of it, with it being so ludicrously crippled.
Maybe there was a justifiable financial no-way-back at that point? I don't know.
This was not like the Diamond diesels. In that case, only the slightly paranoid would have anticipated the engine issues (or any other issues, with a new plane like that). With the Eclipse, the whole thing was a circus from very early on. Maybe the Marketing Dept was exceptionally adept at putting out bull which kept the doubters on board. Diamond had the same issues and I know they dealt with them extremely pro-actively.