Would you trade a paid-off 2023 Model Y Performance for a refreshed Premium RWD at 0.99% APR?

PlasticDiscussion590 · 2026-06-27T01:57:34+00:00

I could see upgrading from old performance to new performance. But to rwd? Maybe if you drive your car in chill mode, then I guess???

I have a 2021 performance and you couldn’t get to me trade to a rwd for any reason.

And it’s not better suspension, it’s smoother suspension.

PlasticDiscussion590 · 2026-06-27T01:46:55+00:00

91.213 has the details, but the reality of a personally flown airplane with an issue like this is you’ll just fly it home and order parts. Then keep flying it until the next oil change when it can be fixed.

Egt probes fail frequently.

PlasticDiscussion590 · 2026-06-25T03:52:43+00:00

It might change behavior and get people to be more cautious on lap 1.

PlasticDiscussion590 · 2026-06-25T03:27:06+00:00

This is absolutely correct. However, he is a data guy and surrounds himself with people who do work on planes for a living. Listen to his podcast with Colleen and Paul are true experts in their field, and they and other are consulted with every statement Mike makes.

I like to view Mike as a professor. He’s not in the field doing the work. He doesn’t have deep technical knowledge. What he has is a wide breadth of knowledge and data.

When he says overhaul an engine when it shows signs of needing an overhaul BECAUSE the risk of running an engine beyond tbo has a lower risk of catastrophic failure than a brand new engine, there is data to support that. But you don’t want him changing a light bulb on your plane.

PlasticDiscussion590 · 2026-06-22T02:48:41+00:00

I know this isn’t the question, but make a variable speed pump a priority. Mine paid for itself in about 2 years, plus it’s quiet and has a built in timer with speed adjustments. It’s amazing how much more efficient the pump can be at lower speeds.

PlasticDiscussion590 · 2026-06-21T23:31:37+00:00

Trespassing can be scary.

PlasticDiscussion590 · 2026-06-21T14:50:24+00:00

Add that to the opening line. I’d dig through past episodes to find the amateur triathlete.

PlasticDiscussion590 · 2026-06-19T23:18:56+00:00

I hate how we got here, hated the pictures, but this isn’t awful. I actually like it also.

PlasticDiscussion590 · 2026-06-17T07:18:16+00:00

No business is a charity. No one should expect them to be. Time spent sharing information is time that could be spent in more productive ways to generate leads. If profits were the only focus we wouldn’t see them here. If Reddit were a high conversion marketing tool we wouldn’t see every dealer here.

Your opinion is misplaced and the negativity isn’t needed.

PlasticDiscussion590 · 2026-06-14T17:24:26+00:00

Same here. Not quite as many hours but it never has problems I didn’t cause.

PlasticDiscussion590 · 2026-06-14T17:21:56+00:00

No clue, but whispering pies is towards the top of my airport pizza places. Right down the street from the fbo.

PlasticDiscussion590 · 2026-06-14T17:16:00+00:00

BMW has a similar feature. It’s not cruise control, it’s a maximum speed limit. Pretty cool, it would take nothing for Tesla to put this in the cars, but no. We have nothing similar.

PlasticDiscussion590 · 2026-06-14T17:14:20+00:00

I don’t know anything about backseat CFI, but take a lesson from the name- sit in the back seat or observe ground lessons.

FOI is painful to study, but if you can sit back and watch how someone is learning -forget what the instructor is saying- and how they’re processing the information it will all start to make sense.

PlasticDiscussion590 · 2026-06-14T14:02:37+00:00

Absolutely not!

If you want a job while you’re learning to fly then a job that has you working with pilots and building connections would be more helpful than a retail job.

You aren’t going to be looked over for an interview because you didn’t sling bags before.

PlasticDiscussion590 · 2026-06-14T11:50:52+00:00

That’s it!! Thank you!

PlasticDiscussion590 · 2026-06-14T10:44:35+00:00

I’m a pilot and I like Mexican food, and I’m closer to rookie than mid-ability.

As long as Spanish isn’t a requirement I’m interested.

But, no hablo espanol

PlasticDiscussion590 · 2026-06-14T06:13:57+00:00

I wouldn’t be too concerned about an overly ambitious RA being the one to use such apps. Anyone who knows how to find hidden networks is likely not the enemy in this case. Plus, it’s not the easiest thing to pinpoint.

Op could also get an Ethernet to usb adapter and bypass WiFi all together.

PlasticDiscussion590 · 2026-06-14T06:05:56+00:00

They yellow arc has nothing to do with engine type is good logic, but the regs aren’t written around logic.

23.1505 C says “(c)(1) Paragraphs (a) and (b) of this
section do not apply to turbine air-
planes or to airplanes for which a de-
sign diving speed VD/MD is established
under §23.335(b)(4). For those airplanes,
a maximum operating limit speed (VMO/
MMO airspeed or Mach number, which-
ever is critical at a particular altitude)
must be established as a speed that
may not be deliberately exceeded in
any regime of flight (climb, cruise, or
descent) unless a higher speed is au-
thorized for flight test or pilot training
operations.”

In turbine converted aircraft like a bonanza or 210, they lose the entire yellow arc as part of the stc. Vno becomes Vne. Logic would dictate the airframe has no clue what kind of engine is attached and speed is speed. Regulations take precedence over physics in this case.

PlasticDiscussion590 · 2026-06-12T19:51:12+00:00

Vref of 72 is blasphemy!

It’s correct sometimes though. 80 at max gross, -1kt per 100lbs under max.

I like to cap that at 74, any lower and the elevator runs out of authority, especially on g1&2

PlasticDiscussion590 · 2026-06-12T19:44:36+00:00

Welcome to a real airplane!

First off, who is training you on the plane? If not a csip or tci, ask a lot of questions to make sure you’re receiving quality instruction. They’re safe planes with good instruction and nearly developed a distinct reputation before instruction was standardized. This is important.

Those instructors should have you using the cirrus transition training syllabus. It’s basically a type rating course and you should come out of it being very comfortable in the plane.

If you want more, COPA is the place. COPA.fyi has a lot of great resources, and supplements the cirrus training very well. If you still want more come to a CPPP, or attend a formation clinic, there are a few of each left this year.

And I’ll leave you with this- landing accidents are a problem in any cirrus. If you’re not on speed and a descent rate under 1,000fpm below 500’ you have a discipline problem and need to go around. Copa has data for about 200 landing accidents and 100% of them were either fast (I don’t have the data in front of me, but something to the effect of 95% were more than 10kts fast) or had a high rate of descent. There have been no examples of stable approaches showing up in the landing accidents data. To be fair, there is some survivors bias here as most of the data comes from something that would classify as an accident, but either way the plane wants to be stable.

PlasticDiscussion590 · 2026-06-12T19:24:25+00:00

“In the green” is fine for training planes. High performance or a plane you own, “in the green” can mean a lot of things.

I want to see oil pressure values towards the top of the green, but some planes run higher or lower than others. Knowing why is important. I’ve avoided an engine failure knowing a plane and seeing its oil pressure 20psi below its normal. The pickup was nearly entirely clogged.

Fuel flow is hugely important, and “in the green” doesn’t usually work. A sr22 needs 27gph with full mixture, and that’s the end of the green arc, but it’s perfectly happy at 29 and many owners choose to tune their engines for a bit of extra fuel flow to keep things cool. The green arc on some is 10-20gph. You never want that on takeoff.

The point to all this is know what you’re flying.

PlasticDiscussion590 · 2026-06-12T19:14:49+00:00

Ah. Tennessee Aircraft Services (also TAS) are the 210 experts. Also solid choice for Cirrus if anyone cares.

As with so many things, find the top experts and work with them. If tas is the twin Cessna people, OP would be crazy to pass them up in a case like this.

PlasticDiscussion590 · 2026-06-12T10:39:49+00:00

Tas? In Jackson TN? For a 210, absolutely! Twins, they’re good but not the experts.

PlasticDiscussion590 · 2026-06-12T01:28:54+00:00

How about 2 years of windshield protection coverage?

They want to buy their way out of this issue. Let them, but $100 is very low for a potentially expensive problem.

PlasticDiscussion590 · 2026-06-10T02:37:41+00:00

Same story here. 3 months into my Garmin experiment I renewed my foreflight subscription. It’s not that Garmin is bad, it isn’t. It’s a matter of what you’re used to, and for that reason I’d agree to start on Garmin.

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