20170830 - 73,214 - Total Cost of Ownership

Folks,

My bike is just off an annual maintenance and a huge front end repair.  I noted some wobble in the front end while on my last 6500 mile run, which I thought was a road issue.  Gateway BMW had another thought about it.  As soon as they put it up on the stand, they felt the front end shake.  I was able to get it back to my home dealer and wasn't about to attempt the repair myself.  There was something in there about needing head and a190 ft/lbs of torque on something or other.  I also thought that this would be better done with trained hands.  I'm a computer guy, not a mechanic.

While it was there, I had them do my annual maintenance.  I normally do that myself, but it was there, apart, and I was short on time.  The total bill for that service was $2985.65.

Always doing the numbers, I added that to my cost of ownership spreadsheet.

These are the numbers, by miles traveled:
 

73,214		Invoice	2985.65	0.51
60,000		Invoice	874.86	0.57
60,000		Invoice	348.87	0.55
54250		Invoice	114.46	0.61
51,000		Invoice - Filter	27.73	0.64
51,000		Invoice - Oil	28.26	0.64
47603		Invoice - Spark Plugs	135.6	0.69
47603		Invoice - Cylinder head gasket	115.52	0.68
47603		Invoice - Mouting and blanacing	98.67	0.68
47603		Invoice	684.36	0.68
41000		Z - Invoice	105.37	0.77
35866		Z - Invoice	1373.89	0.88
33092		Z - Invoice	793.89	0.91
20000		Z - Invoice	1176.74	1.47
18656		Z - Invoice	163.09	1.51
16370		Z - Invoice	445.52	1.71
11948		Z - Invoice	398.01	2.31
11162		Z - Invoice	235.55	2.44
6005		Z - Invoice	511.25	4.49
774		Z - Invoice	175.5	34.18
463		Z - Invoice	141.99	56.77
18		Z - Invoice	140.93	1452.27
1		Initial Cost	26,000	26000

It looks like I may be at an inflection point.  On this last trip, a check engine light came on.  One of my coils is going.  I may elect to replace them all vs. having another one go shortly after replacing this one.  I can do the job myself, but time is an issue.  Decisions, decisions!