I am an instructor pilot, and evidently some of you did not read my first post very well.

The Op did not say he was getting a Nexstar., he asked if he should buy a plane or use what the club had. He also mentioned that the only club around was an hour away. I can relate, and I stand by the advice I gave him, you are doing him a diservice if you advise him to buy a plane that the folks at that club don't like.

If that club is open to helping with any type of plane, great, regardless, his best chance for getting the most help he can will be to follow the advice of the people at that club who will be helping., otherwise he might as well go it alone. If that offends some one or sounds rude, too bad, its just plain truth and sound advice.

As a good friend of mine is fond of saying, check the pool for water before you jump in it. Read my post thoroughly before you jump off the deep end.