I was looking on aso.com and noticed that the price difference between a
2004 DA-40 and a 1999/2000 is around $100,000. As you point out, the 2004
model has been improved upon but it seems like you'd still come out 90k
ahead buying a 1999 model and updating it. Perhaps there's more to it than
I realize. FWIW - the only DA-40 owner I've talked to absolutely loved his.


-Brian
Iowa City, IA


"Dude" wrote in message
...
Unless he has updated it, that article is no longer relevent in many
respects.

Diamond has made many changes in the plane since that was written. Also,
I
am told that the Aviation Consumer article used one of the first few made
for their testing as well.

I have flown an older one (2001) and a newer one (2004) and there is a lot
of difference in comfort and a bit in speed. It would take about $ 5,000
to
$8,000 to update an older one, and then you could update the prop when the
3
blade wore out.