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Boy thanks a lot for all the info here Jim! I started thinking well if I was in Tyler's shoes it would be nice to have some help and by golly it's benefiting me greatly in preparing to get a 150 someday. I know it's never a good idea to fall in love with something you are about to spend a lot of money on. It applies to cars as well. I'm 66 and have never owned a Buick until about 5 years ago. My son is a GM mechanic and loves Buicks and he found me this absolutely beautiful 2003 Buick Park Avenue....it had many hi res photos and I fell in love with it immediately...luckily my son really knows cars and was looking out for me and luckily also said this was a rare Park Ave...she was like brand new...My wife, my son and I went to look at it and he said you want to drive it ...I said no and my son Matt drove it....I was immediately sold and yes stupidly didnt try to bargain on the price but no problem as my son said it was a very reasonable offer. We bought it...I loved then and now even though she is 13 years old still love her! At 80mph it's like gliding on air...actually air shocks. We drove it for several years with no problems and a small problem here a medium problem there....like $550 prob on the engine that my son said was very unusual as engine on this model is rock solid....and then last year the bigge 85,000 miles and the transmission went out. My son said that was rare as well...luckily my son did the trans replacement....still cost almost $3000....but I don't care because I still love it. It's like one of the members of this club said one time..I think it was Kirk that 150s are like our kids, sometimes they cost a lot and you put a lot of money into them but you don't care because they are your kids. But I listened to every word that you said. I've learned so much from you folks. Yes I agree, don't get to close and have a good totally interested mechanic go over it thoroughly and do the required due diligence....I was looking at the 65E in Long Island and luckily one of the guys here warned me about corrosion problems on aircraft close to the ocean....well I found another 65E on Globalplanesearch. Danbury, Connecticut...about 24 miles from the ocean....is that far enuf away to get away from ocean corrosion problems? I'm not seriously looking at as although it's annual is from 2014.

Thanks again for the info!

Bill