Buying an older airplane

Thanks for all the answers.

No it seems to me, that age is not necessarily a factor, however propper
prebuy is mandatory. But selling the plane years from now has to be
considered (especially if it's not a classic).

Best Regards

Kai Glaesner

Kai - Selling - After four years of ownig a 56 172 - I sold it in three days of
putting it on on www.barnstormers.com

Dude - If your not an owner - you are on the outside looking in. I had some of
your same thoughts before I bought my first plane. Once in ownership, and
seeing some of the ins and outs - good and bad - getting more versed in the
aircraft and maintenance issues - my thougths changed on some issues.

It's like the old saying - "If we have to explain it, you wouldn't underst

Larryskydives wrote:
Kai - Selling - After four years of ownig a 56 172 - I sold it in three days of
putting it on on www.barnstormers.com

Dude - If your not an owner - you are on the outside looking in. I had some of
your same thoughts before I bought my first plane. Once in ownership, and
seeing some of the ins and outs - good and bad - getting more versed in the
aircraft and maintenance issues - my thougths changed on some issues.

It's like the old saying - "If we have to explain it, you wouldn't underst

Hi Larry...

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We ended up with the C152 that we saw on the way back. Did you get your
new plane yet? I'm still shopping for something with 4 to 6 seats...

Larry,

gratz on selling your older plane. why did you sell it?

Yes, I own a plane, and ownership has changed some of my thoughts as well.
Getting maintenance paid for under warranty made me think that an extended
waranty would be a good idea. I never buy extended warranties on anything,
but a plane purchase changed my outlook.

"Larryskydives" wrote in message
...
Kai - Selling - After four years of ownig a 56 172 - I sold it in three
days of
putting it on on www.barnstormers.com

Dude - If your not an owner - you are on the outside looking in. I had
some of
your same thoughts before I bought my first plane. Once in ownership, and
seeing some of the ins and outs - good and bad - getting more versed in
the
aircraft and maintenance issues - my thougths changed on some issues.

It's like the old saying - "If we have to explain it, you wouldn't underst

Dude wrote:

Larry,

gratz on selling your older plane. why did you sell it?

Yes, I own a plane, and ownership has changed some of my thoughts as well.
Getting maintenance paid for under warranty made me think that an extended
waranty would be a good idea. I never buy extended warranties on anything,
but a plane purchase changed my outlook.

That's ridiculous and shows how little you have learned to date. A
warranty on a new plane won't save you any money as nothing breaks in
the first few years and the warranty cost is figured into the cost of
the plane. I have a 67 182 and would consider selling it for an older
182 or a 206. Older 182's have more performance than newer ones and of
course a 206 can't be beat.

Newps wrote:


Dude wrote:

Larry,

gratz on selling your older plane. why did you sell it?

Yes, I own a plane, and ownership has changed some of my thoughts as
well.
Getting maintenance paid for under warranty made me think that an
extended
waranty would be a good idea. I never buy extended warranties on
anything,
but a plane purchase changed my outlook.


That's ridiculous and shows how little you have learned to date. A
warranty on a new plane won't save you any money as nothing breaks in
the first few years and the warranty cost is figured into the cost of
the plane. I have a 67 182 and would consider selling it for an older
182 or a 206. Older 182's have more performance than newer ones and of
course a 206 can't be beat.

He never said he would save money. Maybe he just likes to have predictable costs.

Dave
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Dave,

You make an excellent point. I always refused extended warranties because I
thought they were just over priced insurance. But I do buy insurance on my
home because I cannot afford the loss.

I can pay cash for a new HSI, but I don't necessarily want to take that kind
of hit.

Predictability is a big reason why I think an extended warranty would be
good for a new plane purchase. Also a good reason why I am seriously looking
at my next plane having a glass cockpit. The repair prices are much more
predictable than standard avionics.




"Dave Butler" wrote in message
...
Newps wrote:


Dude wrote:

Larry,

gratz on selling your older plane. why did you sell it?

Yes, I own a plane, and ownership has changed some of my thoughts as
well.
Getting maintenance paid for under warranty made me think that an
extended
waranty would be a good idea. I never buy extended warranties on
anything,
but a plane purchase changed my outlook.


That's ridiculous and shows how little you have learned to date. A
warranty on a new plane won't save you any money as nothing breaks in
the first few years and the warranty cost is figured into the cost of
the plane. I have a 67 182 and would consider selling it for an older
182 or a 206. Older 182's have more performance than newer ones and of
course a 206 can't be beat.

He never said he would save money. Maybe he just likes to have predictable
costs.

Dave
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Curious how you insult my learning ability when you haven't even figured out
what an extended warranty is for.

Also, how many new planes have you owned? Have you even talked to a new
plane owner? Have you ever even had a new engine? New planes come with new
engines. New engines have problems.

Maybe you should try looking at the Cirrus owners group. They have a free
area where they used to talk about their troubles, but now they hide most of
the bad news in the members only section. I am not a member, but apparently
the discussions are a bit scary.

Maybe you should talk to some new 182 owners that had to have extensive work
done on their planes which were not manufactured to spec. All the new
planes have bugaboos. That's life.

I believe we all benefit from speaking freely in this forum, but if you are
going to be so condescending in tone, perhaps you should show some
restraint. After all, only the future will tell which one of us is right
about the changes in the market, so it would be foolish to tell the other
guy he is absolutely wrong.

I admit that I may be wrong, but I give reasons for my outlook. You on the
other hand are completely confident without stating any reasons whatsoever
except having the notion that history will never change.



"Newps" wrote in message
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Dude wrote:

Larry,

gratz on selling your older plane. why did you sell it?

Yes, I own a plane, and ownership has changed some of my thoughts as
well.
Getting maintenance paid for under warranty made me think that an
extended
waranty would be a good idea. I never buy extended warranties on
anything,
but a plane purchase changed my outlook.

That's ridiculous and shows how little you have learned to date. A
warranty on a new plane won't save you any money as nothing breaks in
the first few years and the warranty cost is figured into the cost of
the plane. I have a 67 182 and would consider selling it for an older
182 or a 206. Older 182's have more performance than newer ones and of
course a 206 can't be beat.

Dude wrote:

Curious how you insult my learning ability when you haven't even figured out
what an extended warranty is for.

An extended warranty is an insurance policy that you have already paid
for. The company knows almost exactly how much profit is involved in an
extended warranty. Almost all of it.

New engines have problems.

We all have the same engines so that is a nonfactor.



Maybe you should try looking at the Cirrus owners group. They have a free
area where they used to talk about their troubles, but now they hide most of
the bad news in the members only section. I am not a member, but apparently
the discussions are a bit scary.

Every plane has its problems unique to itself.



Maybe you should talk to some new 182 owners that had to have extensive work
done on their planes which were not manufactured to spec. All the new
planes have bugaboos. That's life.

I have flown in and seen many new 182's. Don't want one. A new 206 I
would seriously consider. But it is a lot of money to spend to not get
much improvement.

An extended warranty is an insurance policy that you have already paid
for. The company knows almost exactly how much profit is involved in an
extended warranty. Almost all of it.


That would depend on the cost would it not? Perhaps you should research the
costs of extended warranties available on new planes and get back to us.

New engines have problems.

We all have the same engines so that is a nonfactor.


We don't all have new engines, and we don't all have warranties covering our
engines. Those would seem to be two factors more than zero.



Maybe you should try looking at the Cirrus owners group. They have a
free
area where they used to talk about their troubles, but now they hide
most of
the bad news in the members only section. I am not a member, but
apparently
the discussions are a bit scary.

Every plane has its problems unique to itself.


Exactly my point, it seems we are getting closer to agreement.



Maybe you should talk to some new 182 owners that had to have extensive
work
done on their planes which were not manufactured to spec. All the new
planes have bugaboos. That's life.

I have flown in and seen many new 182's. Don't want one. A new 206 I
would seriously consider. But it is a lot of money to spend to not get
much improvement.


Well, I appreciate your perspective on the value of a new Cessna, but the
point was that new planes often need lots of work. This was stated to
disagree with your point that new planes don't have much go wrong, and
therefore the value of the warranty was cheap.

Some factories, most, have not always been quick to rush in and correct
thngs that were obviously a manufacturers defect but were some how
questionable warranty repairs due to the type of fault, or the time at which
it became apparent. Thus the value of an extended warranty. Personally, if
the extended warranty were similar to extended car warranties in percentage
of cost and terms , I would run away from the manufacturer because he
obviously knew the plane was a dud.