Wow. Heavy story and thank you so much for sharing it. I can't imagine what you've been through, but I appreciate you taking the time to share your "86 experience". Let me know when you're going to take a cruise down to the bay area - our crew will show you some of the best driving roads down here.
To answer your original question of why I bought my twin: I had been drooling over the concepts year after year until they finally released the cars. At first I talked myself out of it, but one Friday I decided to call my local dealer at about 11am and asked them to put my name on the waiting list.
About 20 minutes later I got a call from them saying they actually had a FR-S on the lot and that someone was coming to look at it at 1pm. I immediately sprung into action knowing that if the person came into look at it at 1, they would be taking it home with them.
So I went i and signed off on the car before even test driving it. I knew it was going to be amazing, and it is! My first RWD car, and it's fantastic.
