Sternone
While I would not contest for one moment that the Bonanza is a very good aircraft the cost is far too high for the mission requirment, to quoite the guy who started the thread..........
What I'm looking for ultimately is something to comfortably fit myself, wife and 2 kids in (plus some baggage) to head off to South of France, Cornwall, Devon etc. and would prefer something a little sportier than a Warrior but also that is relatively frugal?
For info, I'm not a millionaire (yet!)!
I am sure that his flying costs would go up by 200% if he got a bonanza mostly from the fixed costs doing the relativly low number of hours in a year.
The Bonanza only makes sense if you are doing a 400 + hours a year, thats when the superb build quality and reliability of the Beech aircraft vs the high cost of the annual check start to work the hourly cost.
I the 26 years that I have owned aircraft I have had the chance to buy almost all the aircraft quoted above and with a mission profile much the same as that required by VMC-on-top I found that dispite liking the Rockwell 114 that my wife had a share in I found that the only replacement for my Robin was another Robin. This is based on low ownership and maintenance costs for the aircraft as well as low hangarage costs because the Robin will fly out of small farm strips that the other aircraft could not use.