Probably done to stop spamming things for sale, but yeah a big hurdle for a new member.
Wow, a G6. Looking for that "new car smell"?
I'm in a group of three with a G2 right now. I'm thinking that in the future that I may shift to a group of two with a G3 or two or three with a G5. I'd love AC for these summer months; beats sweating on the ground for run-up, taxi and waiting for release. Plus I do Angel Flight missions and started doing Young Eagles flights, so it's not all "take off by 9 am" flights. Early G3 models with AC weigh just as much as our G2 with the same other options, so I could get AC and still have the same useful load.
A G5 could give me AC, FIKI and more useful, but at a much higher price.