Cirrus has done a good job of getting more people to look at GA as a useful business tool, just like the old Cessna and Piper advertisements tried to do. Getting more people into flying GA should be a goal for all of us. Check out the price of a new Cessna 172. Those are $$$ also! Envy may be part of the "Cirrus perception" but that is probably only because Cirri weren't made back in the 60' and 70's and there are no "old" ragged out Cirri around .