On Wed, 2 Jul 2008 21:34:05 -0500, "Pete" <noname@nodomain.com> wrote:

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>"eBob.com" <fakename@totallybogus.com> wrote in message
>news:486bb31d$0$5012$607ed4bc@cv.net...
>> 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?
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>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.

Is there a time-span for low mileage cars? My Audi's only done 50K
miles but is well past the age the belt would normally be replaced.

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