"TW" wrote in message
oups.com...
If there are any operators out there that could comment on these issues
I would appreciate it very much.

Where I rent, the old "steam guage" 172's are disappearing at an alarming
rate and being replaced with new Cessnas with G1000. They wouldn't be doing it
if they were a problem. (I don't fly them because they are simply worth too
much and I don't want to buy that much hull insurance.)

Vaughn