In my ever so humble opinion? We purchased both of our airplanes sight unseen. Unless you are doing the pre-buy / annual yourself. Or know personally the mechanic that is actually doing the pre-buy / annual. Doing a pre-buy / annual is an absolute waste of money! If you are unable to inspect the airplane yourself, then I believe your best option is to go with your gut instinct. Get a fellow Club member that resides in the area where the airplane is at to at least give it a cursory looking over. Have copies of the logs sent to you. Talk with the present owner. If any bells go off, back away. If all you get is all sorts of warm fuzzy feelings. Then purchase the airplane. But still have stashed an additional #3,000-$5,000 dollars to fix the discrepancies that you do find.
Oh! You may also want to consider hiring a willing fellow Club member to ferry the airplane home for you.
Last edited by Grants_Pass_Bill; 02/15/08 06:33 PM.
