Tubular control arms vs rebushing

I thought about going all new components, but decided to just replace the wear items. New upper and lower ball joints, upper and lower control arm bushings, strut rod bushings, Pitman, Idler, tie rods, fresh alignment.

My car handles WAY better than it did before, and works fine for how I use it. Same as you described,... mostly cruising with the occasional "Spirited driving".