May 2001 JAA PPL, July 03 IMC currently 160 hours in total. I thinkt he only reason I have kept going is I bought into a group early on (Jodel), the pride of part ownership meant I wanted to fly the plane to let her do what her makers intended. Since then migrated via a Maule to a TB10 and still happy doing 40-50 hours a year having fun. Unlike a lot of you guys, no plans to do FAA IR for a couple of years.