After months of shopping my wife and I recently found a 1992 Commander 114B that appears to suit our needs well. Its current owners fly it regularly and have even made the panel upgrades we would have wished for. It looks great as well—handsome and apparently well-loved.
It is also a 30-year-old aircraft, and like anyone else navigating the vast, diverse, and complicated used-airplane market, we have to take time to thoroughly appreciate just what that means.