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Because with the turbo and T-tail (don't slow below 75k on final) no one wants them so it was a steal! Keep in mind it was a 79. Had no issues with the stock manual waste gate turbocharger - but as a professional pilot I babied it).
Also I could do Dallas to Michigan (family) non-stop in 5 hours on 10 gallons an hour and still have 2.4 hours of fuel remaining!
Dallas to Detroit in 5 hours @ 10. That's nice. That's 160KTAS+. What altitude were you getting that true?
That's the one thing I don't like about my arrow II. The hershey wings can't glide worth a damn (I hate to the flare the thing compared to the semi-taper) and I would love the 74 useable gal for those bucket list type trips I could do non-stop. Which essentially for me it would have meant a NA Arrow III.
But like you said, the price was right, so I snatched the II and so far have taken the family everywhere around the South Central US where driving would have made weekend trips a non-starter. I find the PA-28 airframe very cheap to own and maintain, since its so simple and commonplace. I do prefer Lycos so the4 banger IO-360 keeps me pretty happy on the wallet.