Jim Fisher wrote:
If you pack lightly, stay in hotels, then speed and the Cirrus may be
better.
But if you don't have the experience, take your time and work up to it.
You will live longer.

The statistics would appear to not support that statement. What's your beef
with Cirrus?

Which statement?
The one about packing lightly?
I don't think the Cirrus has the cabin volume or center of gravity range
in the baggage area due to the pinched empenage.

Or building time and experience?
You mean Thurmond Munson syndrome? Having the money to buy the aircraft
but not the experience to fly it.
Accident statistics bear this out. That's why insurance costs less as
you build time and experience.