Help! Whittling down between SR20/22 vs M20M vs TB-20/21

[wayne]

Budget is around $150 at the top end, preferably in the low 100's if at all possible.

I agree with RudyP that an older SR22 is the best of your set other than price. They will be $150-200k. I flew a 2002 model for several years that had 1103 lbs of useful load; no TKS, no AC. Plenty of cabin space for a single engine plane. Entry into the back seats are easy, just pull the front seat forward and it's easy to get in.

 

[PaulS]

Don't forget about the rocket motor on the Cirrus. Required to be replaced by time. When they get close the plane gets cheaper and I can't imagine the replacement being cheap. To bad you can't blow it off but you can't.

Do you get to keep the old rocket motor? I mean you did pay for it. I hear they'll go up to 30,000 feet unencumbered by a parachute.