In the plane market - some questions before purchase

Bill wrote:

I am an ATP/CFII with about 4000 hrs TT and maybe 2000 in a variety of
Cessna and Piper airplanes. Current 1st class, currently flying full
time.

I am looking at buying:

Cessna 172
Cessna 182
Piper Cherokee
Piper Dakota

My budget is about $50-75K or below ideally or $100K absolute max,
with the latter putting my wife in a Hyundai, ourselves eating at the
local soup kitchen, and living in an RV park.

May I suggest that you contact the "type" clubs. They usually have
very specific information about each model/year. I am a member of,
and highly recommend "Cessna Pilots Association"... I think they
know more about Cessnas than Cessna knows about them!

I like the C182... with a 12V electrical system, the newest one you
can find in your price range. The 24V ones are harder to jump. :-)

Of course, I like the 1650 lbs useful load in my C206. :-)

Best regards,

Jer/ "Flight instruction and mountain flying are my vocation!" Eberhard

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