On Jan 8, 9:48*pm, "noel.wade" wrote:
That's an easy one. LS4 or DG300 will be your best bet for 30K.

Ramy

Never seen an LS-4 for sale; and I *love* our two local DG-300's - but
the ones I've seen online seem to go for closer to $40k or $50k!
Thought they were out of my budget (unless people are asking for WAY
more than they're actually selling the aircraft for)...

--Noel

LS4s that you'll find for under 30K are probably getting toward the
end of their Gelcoat life. However, there are some beauties out there
that have been refinished and can probably had for "low/mid 30s".

Fact is, any of the ships of the generation you are talking about are
going to be suffering from Gelcoat issues if they haven't already been
refinished; it's only a question of exactly when, not if they're going
to need to be redone. Given that, I think you're first decision
should be based on the specific ships that you find on the market
rather than the "theoretical" performance figures. If it were my
$30K, I would be very comfortable with pretty much any of the ships
discussed in this thread with special preference given to LS3, LS4,
ASW19, DG300 since I think they might be marginally easier to
resell.

FWIW, I had some success years ago beating the bushes to find LS4s
that "weren't for sale" by going through the registration database.
I found one or two that could've been pried away from the owners for a
fair price, even though they hadn't listed them (yet).