Yeah that's a common newbie mistake. If you don't know ask, no shame in that. Plus its a good way to transition/introduce a sales manager who could close the deal for you. I went from a civic, to a GTI, to a Mustang. I remember looking at the new mustangs when they came out in 05 at the Tampa auto show. And I though "man I would love to be able to afford one of these someday". Didn't really think about them at all until I wanted to get a new car. For my price range, it was between the 350z and Ford Mustang. The guy at the Ford dealership was pretty cool (brandon ford), kinda just laid back. He was an older guy that had been in sales for a long time. Didn't talk crap about the Nissan 350z, he did mention the mustang was a little more practical in that It had a "back seat". The guy at the Nissan dealer down the street was talking all kinds of crap about the mustang when I went for the test drive. He was a young guy, and all he talked about is how he walked mustangs in his 350z. And they used the same statements to try and convince me that the 350z was worth 5k more (out the door price I was given) than the mustang. Obviously I went back to the Ford dealership. I couldn't rationalize the extra money for the 350z and neither could the salesman at the Nissan dealer.