"eBob.com" <fakename@totallybogus.com> wrote in message
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> The book says 105,000 miles (155,000km)! But of course the book was
> published before there were very many on the road. Does anyone have
> any experience as to whether this recommendation can be trusted?

Given the history of premature timing belt failures in the Audi lineup
and very expensive repair costs if the belt (or the tensioner) does
break on you, most people recommend replacing it every 60k miles. Even
Audi decided to reduce that interval to 75k miles in later years, if I'm
not mistaken.

Pete