"Peter" wrote in message
...

It does suprise me how readily U.S. owners appear to chuck out the old
equipment given that doing so does restrict the choice of alternates
in many cases.
....
The other reason for myself wondering about this is that Cirrus, as
standard, have no DME or ADF. I've done the FAA IR recently (in the
USA) and not having a DME really does seem a drawback.

Really? Is it common to attempt to plan a flight and be unable to find a
sensible alternate that has an ILS, VOR or radar approach without a DME
requirement?

Julian