I'm surprised to hear that there's not much demand for newish aircraft.
I occassionally hire a C172, which is a couple of years old, from White Waltham, to keep my instrument skills in practice. The last time I tried to book it (the only one), it was fully booked every weekend for the next 5 weeks! A bit of a problem, since the club's currency rules is 4 weeks on type!!! This is despite the fact that they also have several PA28s which are older but cheaper.
Mind you, people who are looking for the cheapest flying possible generally don't rent from White Waltham to start with I suppose.
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