John Deere sst16

I've heard bad stories about this mower but then I've heard good too. There's one for sale for $250 with... you guessed it: steering problems. If the seller would come down to 150 I think I might take a chance on it. I don't have any use for it now but maybe in the future. The worst thing I've heard about this machine is that steering problem which is usually an actuator, vacuum problem, or bad battery. Also heard there's a learning curve because it's such a strange design. Also read it isn't good on slopes or wet turf. No slopes here and I doubt I'll ever have a mower that's good on wet grass anyway. Anybody here ever actually owned one?

Nobody? I read a web article about this mower and checked out some vids on youtube made by people who got all the steering issues ironed out.