Re: Next club purchase...

"Robert M. Gary" <N7093v@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message 
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 Aug 22, 8:55 pm, John Smith <jsm...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:

> > Cessna 182.
> > Not 150 kts, but fast enough.
> > The ability to haul a load is more im****tant than speed.
> > Four full adults plus luggage.
>
> I do a lot of instruction in the C-182 but I cant say I'm a big fan of
> the airplane. Cessna was just lazy and bolted a high performance
> engine on their training plane. Its dog slow, sucks gas like no
> tomorrow and flys like a box. I think the 172 is a fine airplane but
> they really needed to go back to the drawing board when it was time
> for the 182. Its a bit like putting a high performane engine in a Yugo
> and calling that your high performance offering.

What plane are you trying to compare the 182 to?