any first hand experience with Savvy?

For a newbie owner they are a great service.

I am happy with them. When I was a new owner, especially, it was a big help to have their guidance in picking a shop and deciding which "discrepancies" to decline, when the shop tells you what they found. And you learn a lot from this interaction, so that you will eventually not need it.

What they are: essentially a middleman, acting as an intermediary between customer and shop. This sometimes frustrates a shop, but it works. And they have good people, typically somebody who is (or was) a director of maintenance at a big shop.

What they are not: They don't repair your plane or examine it. Nor do they study your logbooks regularly or keep track of when it is time for you to get something serviced (those things are still the owner's job).

They just recommend shops and then communicate with you and the shop using posts on tickets, which are sort of like text messages, on their website. This level of interaction is enough to improve your maintenance outcome while saving on unneeded costs. The savings can be more than enough to pay for their service.

As for downsides, what's most often mentioned is speed. Some of their people respond to ticket posts fast, but some don't. If you are always impatient, it might not work for you.

Their prebuy service is very helpful for a newbie owner, especially if you need an inspection by a far-away shop.
 
NoHeat said:
For a newbie owner they are a great service.

I am happy with them. When I was a new owner, especially, it was a big help to have their guidance in picking a shop and deciding which "discrepancies" to decline, when the shop tells you what they found. And you learn a lot from this interaction, so that you will eventually not need it.

What they are: essentially a middleman, acting as an intermediary between customer and shop. This sometimes frustrates a shop, but it works. And they have good people, typically somebody who is (or was) a director of maintenance at a big shop.

What they are not: They don't repair your plane or examine it. Nor do they study your logbooks regularly or keep track of when it is time for you to get something serviced (those things are still the owner's job).

They just recommend shops and then communicate with you and the shop using posts on tickets, which are sort of like text messages, on their website. This level of interaction is enough to improve your maintenance outcome while saving on unneeded costs. The savings can be more than enough to pay for their service.

As for downsides, what's most often mentioned is speed. Some of their people respond to ticket posts fast, but some don't. If you are always impatient, it might not work for you.

Their prebuy service is very helpful for a newbie owner, especially if you need an inspection by a far-away shop.
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Exactly what I was looking for. Thank you. Yes, the potential bird is far away and my A&P don't know anyone out there. Plus it's a lot less headache for me to hire them and let the professional manage the whole process than me trying to best guess it. I also plan to keep them for a couple of years at least till I learn the ropes of the trade.

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NoHeat said:
For a newbie owner they are a great service.

I am happy with them. When I was a new owner, especially, it was a big help to have their guidance in picking a shop and deciding which "discrepancies" to decline, when the shop tells you what they found. And you learn a lot from this interaction, so that you will eventually not need it.

What they are: essentially a middleman, acting as an intermediary between customer and shop. This sometimes frustrates a shop, but it works. And they have good people, typically somebody who is (or was) a director of maintenance at a big shop.

What they are not: They don't repair your plane or examine it. Nor do they study your logbooks regularly or keep track of when it is time for you to get something serviced (those things are still the owner's job).

They just recommend shops and then communicate with you and the shop using posts on tickets, which are sort of like text messages, on their website. This level of interaction is enough to improve your maintenance outcome while saving on unneeded costs. The savings can be more than enough to pay for their service.

As for downsides, what's most often mentioned is speed. Some of their people respond to ticket posts fast, but some don't. If you are always impatient, it might not work for you.

Their prebuy service is very helpful for a newbie owner, especially if you need an inspection by a far-away shop.
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Sums up my experience with them. Did a prebuy through savvy and canceled after the first year.

Got a little frustrated with the speed things are sometimes handled, but overall was really nice to have when I had no idea what I was doing.
 
I looked into them doing a pre-buy but was looking at an experimental, which they don't do. They do review the logs for free and sent them to them over a week and a half ago and still waiting to hear back. Said it should be several days, yet nothing back yet... :(
 
During S&F a lot of things slow down. Sent off 6 things and only 3 responses in over a week. Surprisingly E-Mag was one of them! Then Dynon and Lightspeed.
 
PIREP

Day 1 : sent email to Savvy - heard back in about 2 hours (it was about 10 PM their time)
Day 2: sent log book and oil analysis reports
Day 5: got their inputs about what they think from the oil reports and log books etc. replied with a bunch of stupid questions and went back and forth several times. all replied within 20 mins or so.

next step - they review purchase agreement free. then pay up if you want their services (finding independent shop to do a pre-buy, analyze results and provide recommendations etc). as a newbie, i find it invaluable.
 
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