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Tegger[_2_]

Smitty Two wrote in
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In article ,
(Doug Miller) wrote:

In article , Tegger
wrote:

Say you spend $600 to get the job done /right/, which means water
pump, tensioner and coolant as well as the belt, all with proper OEM
parts. And you do this at 90K. Now you hang on to the car until
150K. This means your $600 is amortized over 60K miles. That's one
cent per mile.

Now, say you wait until 120K to get the job done, but still get rid
of the car at 150K. $600 over 30K is: two cents per mile.

Nonsense. You're still driving the same 60K miles between 90K and
150K, and you're still spending the same amount on the timing belt
repair. The only difference is when you buy the belt. Either way,
you're amortizing the same cost over the same mileage, and get the
same cost per mile.

Uh, I think that was Tegger's point, Doug.

That was indeed my point, but I expressed it badly.

To say it more clearly: If you keep the vehicle much over 110K, you've got
a belt-change in there anyway, so that money /will/ get spend whether you
spend it now or you spend it later. And if you spend it "later", you start
to stray into belt-breakage territory, which is not wise with a Honda.

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Tegger