Tony
I'm fortunate to have one example chained to the gate post.
(Waiting with interest to hear exactly what the new SiDS programme has in store for us which may sway your views)
Ask your wife to go climbing in and out of the low wing plane fetching gear out of the front and middle rows and the 210 will all of a sudden look sensational.
There are still a few low time originals around. Put it on your short list for sure.
I've been fortunate do to a complete avionics upgrade so the thing owes me more than a cirrus 4 or 5 years old but its now just as advanced in the techno dept and I know what I'd rather fly and what will still be going in anther 20 odd years.
Cheers