In article PB5yj.56157$yE1.49793@attbi_s21 "Jay Honeck" writes:
Any of you guys out there ever "downgrade?" If so, how was it?

I know a couple of guys who have "downgraded" to LSAs after years of buzzing
around in Barons and Mooneys. They seem mighty happy.

Personally, I expect to "downgrade" to a CT (or similar) when the kids are
out of the house, and I no longer need a 1460 pound useful load. Four
gallons per hour sounds mighty fine, most days.

Looking at the price of fuel, and the fact that it will continue
to go up, the LSA aircraft sound better, until . . .

The CT seems to start around $106K, with the LS up around $128K. Other
interesting options go even higher. It sort of makes finding an old
C-150/152 sound like a pretty good idea. It looks like insurance on
an LSA may also be a good bit more expensive.

I wonder if this isn't a bit of taking advantage of folks who are
perceived as unable to fly other aircraft for various reasons (such
as medicals, etc.) "Hey, we can charge them more..."

Well, perhaps not, since the price of a new 172 is about double that.
Even so, the basic CT felt like a nice $30K airplane. Too bad they
wanted a lot more than that for it.

I did notice that one can rent a 152 for less than one can rent an
LSA.

Alan