Chuck wrote:

Does anyone have any experience with the Daimond DA-40-180? We saw one
at Sun 'n Fun and we're thinking of buying it.

While I cannot claim much experience (except for a short flight in the
Diesel version of the DA40, which a liked a lot), I can recommend the
following extensive report on-line:
http://philip.greenspun.com/flying/diamond-da40


Greetings,
Markus