"You have a partner in your "F" too, if I remember correctly?"

Yes, I do have a partner for similar reasons. Although I could pay cash
for my plane I thought it would be better to keep more of my money in
the market. Besides, unless you fly at least 100 hours per year, it
just doesn't make sense to own by yourself and its not good for the
plane. My partner and I paid cash $80K.

Jon, are you on the Mooney list now? You should check out aviating.com
to sign up for either the general Mooney list or the tech list. Both
are VERY helpful to Mooney owners.
-Robert