Brad Zeigler wrote:

I'm in a flying club, which is the best (worst) of both worlds...cheaper
than renting with good availabilty for trips. An those multi-thousand
dollar gotcha's are shared with the rest of the membership.

A club has other advantages. In no particular order, I've found:

o Sharing the work load (dealing with insurance, mechanics, etc.)
o Having more than one plane, which means one is flying while an
airplane is in maintenance
o There's always someone that knows more than I about what I'm
supposed to be doing
o Sometimes I can fly an easy plane, sometimes a faster plane

- Andrew