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Mike Rapoport wrote:
Selling an airplane with 200hrs
left on the engine is probably the worst time to sell it. The best time is
when it has about 200hrs SMOH.

That makes a lot of sense for buyers. If you buy at TBO-200 you don't
have the trend information to know if that's run-out or going strong.
A recent major overhaul is suspect as others in this thread have pointed
out. By 200 SMOH you can be reasonably sure that the overhaul wasn't
done with selling the plane in mind and any overhaul-induced problems
have been dealt with. At near-0 SMOH, even on a great overhaul, you have
no relationship with the shop that did the work when you run into
problems.

The extension of your observation is that halfway to TBO is the best
time to buy. Sellers never discount run-out engines enough. Sellers
who have the cost of an overhaul fresh in their minds mark up the airplane
too much.

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Ben Jackson

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