T210...Give me the good, the bad, and the ugly

You have John jay wingfield in Texas. But if the seller is amenable to the prebuy information done by Paul New 2 years ago to be released, I think your risks are significantly mitigated with any abbreviated prebuy.
I thought about trying to get the prebuy report prepared by Paul but didn’t revisit the idea. I’ll contact the broker and see if the seller is willing to do so.
 
I would look at getting it directly from Tennesee aircraft services to make sure nothing is edited. Though Tennesee aircraft may require a release from the seller.

Paul structures his prebuy like a bulleted squawk list. You will see all the airworthy items (that were probably addressed) as well as the time or wear things that are/were coming up that will impact you. Those can be compared against maintenance log entries they were addressed - or that you may have to layer. Then of course overall condition like cylinder heads, exhaust valves which he takes pictures of to make sure they are ok. Along with various other things
 
Anyone with knowledge of Augustus Barber (Alpha Bravo Avionics and Maintenance) at KCVB, Castroville?
 
I’m not sure where you’re located but I’ve done a fair bit of ferry / transitions training for new 210 owners. The 210’s a great platform as your research has shown you. Best of luck!
 
I’m not sure where you’re located but I’ve done a fair bit of ferry / transitions training for new 210 owners. The 210’s a great platform as your research has shown you. Best of luck!
I’m near Lafayette, LA at KIYA. Insurance wants 3hr dual prior to 15hr solo. We may be able to work something out for transition training. I’ll shoot you a pm.
 
I closed on a 1980 T210N yesterday. I finally found one of the good ones after wading through some really crappy misrepresented examples. This one has been flying regularly and not sitting in a hangar only to be run for a handful of hours in a year. No corrosion found on a very thorough prebuy and a small and easily managed discrepancy list. Much to my chagrin, it has the near identical panel and AP that I would have put in if the plane I bought was at a lower price with all steam gauges. On top of that, it looks like my avionics guy lined up a buyer for my 182. Talk about an early Christmas! I’m flying commercial with my 210 mentor to Charlotte tomorrow and will fly it back to IYA Saturday.
 
Congrats! Nice panel. I love the look of a strutless Cessna, although my budget is more in line with a 180HP Cardinal than a T210. :p
 
Sexy panel. I few a 1981 version for about 100 hours it was the man maker took a alot of back pressure to lift that engine/nose flaring with just me or a copilot trim trim trim learned to land with electric trim. I loved it wonderful to start could take a crosswind and oh the retractable gear. First time i crossed 200kts over the ground major tail wind and coming from 10k to sea level. I need to go flying soon. Love a T210
 
The good thing is that audio panels are not that expensive. Even garmin ones. If you have the 750xi, you may want to seriously consider the gma35c which is the remote mounted one of the gma350. Then you get Telugence and don’t have the panel anymore as it’s controlled from the gtn. The 35/350 also give you the spacial audio when monitoring two channels (Atis and atc for instance). It’s a big improvement over the 340 but again - they are all just features. But if you like and plan on using telegence then it’s a worthwhile upgrade. I have it and enjoy using it as well as the panel being controlled from the gtn
 
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