You will not regret the zero turn. We had a rental with 5 acres to cut and our current property is 3.5 acres. I just don't have time to mow it, but I bit the bullet and purchased a commercial Gravely mower back in 2008. Only has 600+ hours on it, so it will last a lifetime mowing only our property. I can get our yard done in 2 hours and we have a ton of trees and other stuff on the property that make mowing slow. I remember at the time, it was more expensive than the car I had just purchased, but was well worth it, considering it is already 15 years old. Now you will have more time to work on the Fiats!