Mike Noel wrote:
I'm still looking in the Tucson area to buy or partner in a nice Cherokee
180, C-172N, Tiger etc.
Several people who currently own or have owned a plane have told me they
envy the search, because looking is the best part of the process. Now
they've got me wondering why they think that way.

Me, too.

IMHO they're nutz

Sydney (Grumman AA5B "Tigger")