I keep all my receipts and over the last few months have built a pretty comprehensive documentation in excel for all my expenses on both my cars...oil changes, tires, everything!

300TE -- Purchased 3/16/2006....64k miles.
Total spent as of right now 5/23/2011....106k miles.

Ownership: 5 years, 2 months
Total Spent: $4,163.85
Mileage Driven: 42k miles

So roughly ~$830/year costs. I have head gasket and head rebuilt, water pump, transmission removed and bands replaced, fuel distributor. Most of the big boys are taken care of so I can only forsee A/C and sunroof being the next PIA items to go out...

ALL service intervals are up to date and scheduled ahead. Oil changed every 3-4k most documented (couldn't find all of them unfortunately)...

What do you guys think? Seem about right for an M103?

A lot of people see me spending a lot of money on my cars, but does $830/year seem reasonably well?
This is obviously no labor hours though since I've done it all myself.

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We won't get started on my 260E....LOL. She's a money pit, but I got it dirt cheap, so I guess "technically" I had a little headroom.

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