As a PPL student earlier this year, I spent many, many hours trolling these forums as well as other sites, trying to glean the benefits of others' experience.  My goal was to acquire a plane that I could fly to/from client sites all over the east and midwest.  I want to share some of my recent thoughts/decisions in case someone else comes along who is looking for similar info.   I bought Parker's Encore-converted 252 in July, about the same week as I got my PPL.  I thought really hard about wh