Hi - Thats my advert you are talking about. I wouldn't recommend this Samba for a first aircraft, if I was buying something. I am selling it for the owner, who is my landlord at the airfield. The Samba is sort of an Irish thing as there were lots of them sold over here, and many people trained on them. The cheapest way to get going in my opinion is a Piper Colt. Don't buy mine its on the EI reg and moving it back to the G-Reg would be another PITA. But for such small money you get;
a) Best GA engine going IMHO the Lycoming O-235
b) Door that lock
c) Radios, transponder etc
d) Parking brake
e) 108mph cruise on 108hp
f) Gyro panel
g) Enough payload to bring two people and bags
h) Really good short/rough field performance
i) Can handle really windy days quite easily for a novice
I swopped a Taylorcraft for the Colt I have advertised. I flew over in an A/C that lacked items a-i in most regards. Coming home in the Colt felt like I had traded a Mini for a Merc. I would buy an Annex 2 C of A aircraft and get a friendly engineering firm. They can be bought for half the price of an LAA permit aircraft, and if operated by a smart owner the yearly cost can be damn all more. If you could find a cheap tri pacer so much the better.
Just my €0.02 and you paid less for it.