I meant to
file IFR all the time even in VMC and to only fly on 'nice' VFR nights...funny enough I once warned my own instructor who was hour building for his ATP and he said "don't worry I have it, I'm good" until he hit severe convective wx afterwards he had a different view-and was more conservative about IMC without storm detection in SE airplanes
I remember him saying afterwards "I'll never forget flying into that cloud it was my scariest experience ever" He's a good guy too, I would have been crushed if anything happened to him...
edit: storm detection in GA is better with XM sattlelite Wx but that's very rough and should only be used for very, very conservative wx avoidance...