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They were not, which is exactly why I came here. Current owner experience is what I've been looking for. I think the point ultimately is that owning an airplane is expensive and that sometimes it can be frustrating, but if I'm reading you all right it sounds like it's not necessarily any worse than it would be with an Arrow/182/Bonanza. As goofy as it probably sounds, the Mooney is the only plane anywhere close to my price range that's really exciting and interesting to me--never mind so capable. Thank you all for the responses. I've been reading this site for years and really appreciate what y'all put into helping each other out.

Hello all. I've been looking seriously at purchasing an M20J. I've heard a lot of negatives about the Mooney from a lot of people, including some guys I respect a lot but I'm hoping to get some first hand answers from people with current experience. I'm not worried about the plane being cramped, and I'm pretty sure I'll be able to figure out how to plan a descent and get my airspeed right on approach. The one thing that does give me a little worry is concerns about parts availability when something breaks considering that relatively few of these planes were made and they're not in production any more. What have your experiences been as far as this goes? I would be pretty bummed to invest in a plane only to have it down for months at a time looking for parts, but is this a real issue or another one of those overblown myths? I really appreciate any honest feedback you can offer.