On Tue, 28 Sep 2004 23:52:28 GMT, "G.R. Patterson III"
wrote:



Brinks wrote:

I'm looking at two older Cessna 182's. Both are the same year, both have
roughly the same radios, both are in roughly the same condition, both are
asking about the same price, except for the following:

1) Plane A has a newly overhauled engine, some hail damage, and newer gyros

2) Plane B has about 600 hours on the engine, no hail, and the old AN gyros

Any opinions / advice on which to pursue? Thanks!

If there are indications that the engine was overhauled just to make it more
attractive to buyers (IOW, just to sell the plane), I would probably opt for plane B.
If I had plans to fly in IMC a fair amount, I would lean towards plane A. If I were
Jay Honeck and felt that the appearance of the plane was indicative of the overall
condition, I would buy plane B. :-)

George Patterson
If a man gets into a fight 3,000 miles away from home, he *had* to have
been looking for it.


What George said.... If the O/H wasn't done just to sell it, I'd look
at the one that was closer to where I live. It's possible that could
save you a couple grand in transportation expenses. If the new engine
was put in just to make the sale, go for B as long as the hail damage
is slight.

HTH.
z