Haha, a car or a fursuit? Of course I would choose car, even though the price isn't even comparable. If it were anything else I'd buy a laptop, haha.
But yeah, I know exactly what you mean. The only thing that bugs me is they're so uptight about me being gay (Which I'm not, I'm not sure what sparked such an idea,) that I don't know if they'll even be comfortable with something they've never heard of.
And I DO NOT want the internet to tell them, like you said. They'll just think "Costumes. Sex. No."