bose wrote;
I do believe that in the private flying hours pissing contest you are onto a loser by a large margin.
You never miss an opportunity do you
But anyway, I was more interested in...
The suitability of aircraft for IMC flying in the club scene is next to none. There is a prosecution culture for those who make a mistake and in a badly equipped aircraft you have more chance of a mistake in IMC. In the past pilots would be happy to blag with a minimum IMC fit and a portable GPS, now they are more wary of explaining themselves if it goes wrong.
The last two years worth of CAA prosecutions can be found
here. I struggle to reconcile the facts against your prosecution culture assertion either generally or in relation to IMC rating/flight.