"Cherokee" wrote:

This is my 1st post, just found you guys today. I'm located in Central
Mississippi, flying PA-28-180. I'm interested in moving up to the new
Garmin
496, I would appreciate any thoughts.

The 496 looks a lot like the unit you already have, but it is better in a
lot of ways. It has a synthetic instrument panel page, terrain/obstacle
page and airport diagrams. Best of all, it gives you all kinds of satellite
weather. Flying in thunderstorm country as you do, you will find this
makes it worth the price. Beware, though: there is a subscription cost for
the XM weather, plus database update costs for aviation, terrain and
airports.

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Dan
C172RG at BFM