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Definitely agree with all of this - it's all under what I think of as optimizing the total cost of ownership and I agree 100% that by being an informed and involved owner (and flying it properly, of course), I can do a lot to keep cost down. At my stage, what I'm more worried about is making...

Thanks for all the input so far... I definitely have a fear of the unknown over maintenance cost. I' willing to take the risk on things like sudden expensive AD's or mandates like ADS-B - I just don't want to regret my choice because I overlooked data that might have steered me to something...

First, I'm new here...nice to meet all of you! My flying career has been about begging, borrowing and renting aircraft for the last 25 years, but now I'm finally taking the plunge and shopping for my own. At my age (mid-50's), I want to buy my "forever airplane", get as proficient as I can in...