Jim Weir writes:

If you want to have a good cry, ask Javier how much his annual cost him this
year {;-)

To say NOTHING of the highly abusive request for a six pack of
caffeinated diet coke! That added a whole buck fifty to the bill.

The total expense, including the above six pack, a new battery, 12 new
spark plugs, and a few other consumables, came to something like five
hundred bucks. I own a 1973 Cessna Skylane.

Owner assisted annuals rule. It boils down to sweat equity
vs. checkbook hara-kiri. I did all the prep work over a few evenings,
then Jim came over and did the inspection thing, and I reassembled the
plane over a few more evenings.

Highly recommended.

-jav