We had finally made up our minds not to continue expensive, routine, preventative maintenance on our car. At 200,000 miles and with a potentially cracked head, we just figured that the overdue if scheduled (every 90,000 miles) $600-$700 timing belt would just not be worth putting in the car and we would have to just buck up and buy another vehicle if this one would go kaput.
Most people we spoke with about it agreed with us, which turned out to be very lucky for us, as I didn’t immediately run out to get the job done–and since last night when I was rooting around in our vehicle maintenance files I found a receipt showing the car’s most recent (and completely forgotten) timing belt swapperoo from just 15,000 miles ago.
Whew!
And then my dad told me on the phone today that an article in AARP’s magazine says it pays to maintain cars as directed in their owner’s manuals.
Timing belt? Coming right up (in 75,000 miles).
