Well, Adam, first off, glad to hear the old gal is holding up well!
Given where you are, the full IR is definitely the better option. That said, something like the proposed EIR would certainly help in many, if not most, cases, especially for those of us flying non-deiced SEP spamcans. Quite often you can / could depart VFR but then need to punch through a cloud layer to get on your way. It may not be the perfect solution (that would be an FAA-style IR), but the EIR would definitely increase the dispatch rate - if one can use that term in an SEP flying context - greatly.