It is amazing how these numbers seem to be so consistent based all averyone's experience. "Expect to spend !00% more." I did not believe it would apply to me, but it has come out to just about that number over a 3 year period. Seems like pretty dependable wisdom. Dave W
-----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Tommy Terry Sent: Tuesday, April 29, 2008 8:26 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [email protected] Subject: RE: [ercoupe-tech] Re: Lawsuit? There's a lot of truth in that! We found a "deal" on a coupe in Oct 2003. The books were good and the airframe was solid. However, the first annual, with a minimum of labor costs was almost 3000, then we added a transponder, then we added a transponder that worked, we thought we had just about been nickled and dimed as far as the plane could go. Then we rebuilt an engine. All told, we have just about put double the purchase price into the plane. But, it's the plane we want and there really can't be many more surprises (I hope). Put the money in the inspection, get a good airframe, expect to spend some money getting it up to your standards, and leave the lawyers to feed on doctors. :-) Tommy N93929 -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, April 29, 2008 8:12 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [ercoupe-tech] Re: Lawsuit? In a message dated 4/29/2008 8:32:02 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Next, legal crusades seldom accomplish anything, except to enhance the revenues of some lawyer. Boy I'm glad that you said that! I was going to say it, but I was afraid some lawyer would jump down my throat! :>) Lawsuits are like tic-tac-toe. The only way to win is not to play. Unless you are a lawyer, and then you win even if you lose. As far as buying an airplane goes, potential buyers would be a lot better off if they just figured right up front on spending an amount equal to half of what they paid for the airplane over the first two years of ownership to fix stuff and upgrade stuff. Especially in the case of these low priced airplanes that we fly. Just because you only paid $20,000 for the airplane doesn't mean you won't be paying for a $12,000 engine overhaul a year later. Just my opinion. But I have the receipts to back it up. Best Regards, Wayne DelRossi Alon Aircoupe N5618F "Nobody has ever scientifically proven that life is supposed to be serious." _____ Need a new ride? Check out the largest site for U.S. used car listings at AOL <http://autos.aol.com/used?NCID=aolcmp00300000002851> Autos.
