Word of the wise, if the plane doesn't feel right don't fly it. I had a serious phobia back in the day with one of the 172s at our flight school, this plane was a POS. I had to return many times to the airport because of problems. One day the engine all of a sudden quit but we had it restart, barely. From that day on I never flew that 172 even if that was the only plane available. Murphy's law is a *****.