[speeder]

The Gates timing belt kit for this car comes w H2o pump, tensioner and idler for a whopping $150 online. That would mean it's cheaper for a shop. There is no way on earth someone only replaced the belt, anyone w the knowledge to do this job successfully would know that you replace everything while it's open.

My concern was strictly whether the job had been done or not. It has, 100%. The inside of the belt looks new, that's what stopped me before I even found the writing on it. It's extremely unlikely that it was changed sooner than 105k miles, (factory recommended interval), as it's a very expensive service for a consumer and of course gives zero reward to them in terms of performance. IOW, the car drives the same when they pick it up after charging $1200 on their card as it did when they dropped it off.

This is a clean car but it still has its factory installed, 150k miles struts and shocks present, (and rides like a marshmallow). No way on god's earth did they do the T-belt job ahead of schedule, it may have been later. It had one owner since new.

I'm good w the timing belt that is on it but I appreciate the input. I will definitely do the transmission service unless I can determine that it's also been done already, IOW, new looking fluid.