To my mind this thread represents all that is best about Pprune - an honest, sensible question answered in an honest and sensible way without any rocks being thrown. Wonderful!
A few years ago I was chatting to a friend in an FBO operation at VGT (North Las Vegas) when a group of 4 large blokes from Wolverhampton or somewhere strolled in, straight off the Virgin flight from London.
They'd booked an Archer and were set to depart immediately. My friend let them down gracefully but made it clear they would not be flying anywhere out there 4 up in a PA-28. One of them had a twin rating and so they agreed to upgrade, but that meant staying overnight so he could do the checkride.
Since they had no arrangements, I drove them to the nearby Texas Casino. The Texas has sleeping policemen and as we pulled into the residential section the car grounded menacingly. I happened to catch the pilot's face at that moment and his expression was priceless.
Well done, Pprune!