Palindrome Reversal-Addition
Python, 51

def f(n):r=int(str(n)[::-1]);return n-r and-~f(n+r)


For Python 2, backticks can't replace str() because of the L attached to long literals.

Here's an alternate version with score 64 * 0.85 = 54.4:

def f(n,c=262):r=int(str(n)[::-1]);return c*(n-r)and-~f(n+r,c-1)


And an alternate version for Python 3 with score 88 * 0.6 = 52.8:

def f(n,c=262):r=int(str(n)[::-1]);return c*(n-r)and-~f(n+r,print(n,'+',r,'=',n+r)or~-c)