Mafoo
Cleared for Takeoff
When you have a 65k budget, and travel is your goal there are a bunch of aircraft on the market now that will fill your needs.
On, and also I want one that's relatively inexpensive to fly (if I am going to spend 65K on it).
My reason for that figure, is to try and acquire an aircraft that I want to take, because it make economical sense to fly it.
I know I could get a Mooney for a lot less then that, but I don't want to say to my wife "Hey, let's go to Ottawa this weekend", and my second thought be the hundred dollar bills I am about to burn doing so.
I want higher sunk costs, and lower operational costs. Even if in the end, I end up paying more for it, my frame of mind will be a lot better in the long run