Actually, we leased the first one.
When it was sold I started looking for a replacement.

I looked at everything.
I looked at twins and of course, I looked at Bonanzas.
They are great planes and cruise about 15 KTAS faster…but, and I didn’t realize this until sitting in one…they are smaller.

They get their speed from having a thinner fuselage. In the Bonanza, when sitting in the center row, the passengers shoulders touch. In the Lance, there is a nice sized arm rest, about 10 inches wide between the center row seats (see pictures below). This gives you an idea of the width difference.
In the end I came back to the Lance.

The guy I initially leased a Lance from always called it the minivan of the sky. I wasn’t sure I liked the sound of that…but after cramming my family of 5 into it, with all sorts of gear and kids stuff…I came to really like that description.

Useful load is 1455#.
Full family load on 100 degree day, happily climbs on out.