Cessna Cardinal 177 RG II v. Piper Arrow III (70s) v. Piper Arrow III (brand new)

Jose wrote:
or...

I can buy a brand new Piper Arrow for a whopping 427,000 (with the
AVIDYINE and other options I can't get on the older planes stock).

IF a half million dollar investment is a reasonable possibility, take a
look at what you can get, used, for that price.

Jose
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I could get a lot, like a Piper 6XT or Saratoga, but the operating
costs and insurance costs blow those out of the picture, Hawai'i is a
unique flying environment, most flights are island hoppers, 30 minutes
to an hour at most, so the gas a Saratoga would burn on the ground
would make it very un-economical to operate here.