Thanks - actually I've got one of each. I decided that I wanted to learn to fly and since I wanted something sporty on a budget I started on an RV6a project and began taking flying lessons. The RV is coming along but it's going to take a while and I was worried that if I got my certificate and didn't fly when the RV was ready I wouldn't be. So when we came into a little money my wife said that I could get another airplane but there were two rules - it had to have for seats and it had to have high wings. I looked at a lot of older 172s and then started looking around to see what else was out there. My Tripacer had a good price and a fresh engine. I've had to do a little work on her but the more I fly her the more I like her.