This is not particularly relevant to the situation described but I'm
happy to report that my recently-completed "annual" was only about
$5500 this year (not including replacing my leaky airspeed indicator).
There were no significant fixes needed for once. I even dodged an
expensive AD of replacing flap torque tubes because I had it done
years ago when it was just a service bulletin.

I usually spend two to five times this much during an annual so I'm
thrilled that I'm making some progress. Then again, I hardly flew
this past year (after frequently flying cross-country the years
before).

--kyler