The Carnivore light was praised so much on this website when it first came out, it is the greatest, the brightest. i guess it is a pet peve of mine to claim something to be the best when it hasn't seen a season or has been tested and proven, then it is only in production for 1 season. i also wonder if i bought a Carnivore light and something happend 2 years from now will there still be parts or bulbs to fix it.
The 3 lights I have been using are 3 years old and beat up pretty good, it is time to replace them so i have been looking, the carnivore is one of the lights i would have looked at but they are not available for purchase.
to use your car analogy, the always say do not buy a car in its first year because they need to work out the bugs.