Mooney M20C.
I had about 1,000 hours in that one airplane, right around 1050 total. Instructor friend of mine went flying with me one day and strongly recommend that I go get my commercial IN ANOTHER AIRPLANE
He said you and this plane are like one, but those skills would not serve me well in another airplane.
I raced in about 20 races, speed category I was almost always 1st, 2nd, or 3rd. Michigan Air Race, which was a proficiency race, I had something like six 6th place finishes.
Traveled all over the midwest for my employer, I was lucky they let me fly, and several vacation trips to WI, NY, and FL. Screwed up on one FL trip, it was just after I had installed bladder tanks and gained 6 gallons of fuel. With a little more time on those tanks, I would have made the trip from PTK to PGD non stop. BLAZING 90 kt tailwind at 12k feet. I had a screaming GS and sipping fuel.
I used to love to go out when it was 1/2-200. Loved the challenge.
Came really close to buying another Mooney C in December, literally had my Flight Physical scheduled when I realized it was the day before my colonoscopy... which almost killed me. Friend of mine knows of a beautiful babied 231 with an owner kinda desperate to sell, but we're too far apart on price, and I'm rethinking the whole throwing money into the air again.
About two years after the divorce, every time I flew the plane, I was throwing 500-1,000 at fixing something. The plane went from being zero unexpected maintenance to incredibly expensive. Sold it to a guy in NJ who ended up totaling it in a fairly mild cross wind. My guess from reading the accident report, he came in to hot, tried to force it on the ground, and lost control. Mooney's do not land before they are ready. You're along for the ride and you better have the speed nailed.