I have read all the posts especially the ones that were someone posted the amount of hours their CFI had. There is a difference in logged hours..... You can log 100 hours, or you can log 1 hour 100 times... It's the experience that counts... I wouldn't fly into a remote strip with a airline pilot with 15,000 hours vs a tailwheel pilot that has been flying in the back country and has 750 hours.
There are a lot of CFI's that don't have a lot of cross country time or if they do it was flying someone else's airplane (such as the military, charter). It's easy to make recommendations when you aren't paying the bills. "if I was getting a plane, I would buy brand X".....
Everyone has a different mission: Some people never fly more than 200 nautical miles from home, some people just go to breakfast on the weekends or give friends rides etc, some people use it for business. You have to try to define your "mission" and go from there...
Can a low time pilot fly a high performance plane?? Yes! My dad deployed to the South Pacific in World War Two in Corsairs with 278 logged hours.....
It can be done. Is it a good idea? Not sure, just glad he didn't get tested when he first got there or maybe I wouldn't be typing this.
Mooney's are amazing airplanes for strength, safety and reliability but they aren't for everybody..