Thanks Tony... The Mooney does feel like a sports car inside... Not a
lot of room I agree... JK

tony roberts wrote:

Been there done that.

I was in partnership on a 172 when my partner fell in love with a Mooney.
He wanted to me to agree to sell the 172 and go in on the Mooney.
So I went for a test flight.

No disrespect intended to anyone, but those things were designed for
rich tiny people.

There is no room in them.
They cost a fortune at annual due to retractable gear, constant speed
prop, and in our case wood wing.

They burn a lot more gas,

They have more AD's

They cost more to insure

Which all took me back to, "What is my Mission?"

S0 - I bought him out a year ago,

He bought the Mooney.

Now it's for sale.
I hope he gets his money back - meanwhile I'm enjoying my 172.


Tony


Tony Roberts
PP-ASEL
VFR OTT
Night
Almost Instrument
Cessna 172H C-GICE



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Jon Kraus wrote:


They have a 1975 Mooney M20 N6832V, I think model "C" at my home
airport. The owners have had it for years and have traded up to a twin
Comanche (sp?). It has a new engine (250 hours) and a new 3 blade
McCaulley prop. The avionics are decent (Bendix KMA 24 audio, 2 - KX155
nav/com KT76a transponder, KR87 ADF and Garmin 150xl GPS). It has
7150 hours on the tach which seems quite high to me but I am really
quite the novice when it comes to airplanes. The interior and paint are
decent (6 for the interior, 8 for the paint). They are asking $45,000
for it. I have done some research and this seems like an OK price but I
haven't seen too many of these with this many hours. Please give me
some feeback without flaming me too bad. :-)

Jon Kraus
PP-ASEL-IA






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