Unless you do more than about 200 hours a year, it will be cheaper to rent by the hour.
If you want to fly VFR only, then you can probably get something good enough for say E60K
always get a good inspection - cost likely E1K or so
"Surprise" annuals costing E10K are fairly common on 30 year old planes
Is there a competition on these forums for the highest level of clap trap to be spouted in one post?!!
I dont mean to be nasty but this tread was taking good shape for a minute.