I cannot believe somebody with a plastic VFR-only plane would be bothered about the theoretical and totally irrelevant and useness [in]ability to pretend to be "IFR" when in actual VMC.
Can I just point out that not all permit aircraft are 'plastic VFR-only' aircraft. My Auster spent the first 60 odd years of it's life as a CofA aircraft, cleared and used both in IMC and at night. Now it is on a permit it suddenly becomes day VFR and the only plastic I can see it the perspex.......