timing belt - mileage or years

[Kent McLean]

Brett Dikeman wrote:
>Kent McLean wrote:
>>I'm looking at a '90 Audi V8 that had it's timing
>>belt changed 40K miles ago -- but that was in 1995.
>>Is it good for another 20K miles? Or should I change
>>it because of its age (going on 7 years)?
>
>Search the archives for Phil's post about Michele Mouton blowing up the
>Sport Q.
>
>"Michele sport goodwood festival" for a search phrase should do the trick.
>
>In it(or elsewhere in the thread) he mentions the interval in years(at
>least for a sport q.)  I believe the belt had 9 years on it, and that was
>way overdue when it snapped?

Phil Payne in the archive said:
 > The belt on David Sutton's KW (S1) failed as Michele was bringing the car
 > back to the paddock after a second practice run at Goodwood.  It was eleven
 > years and 900 miles old.

And Taka in the archive said:
 > I believe the maintenance interval is 60k or 5 years, <snip>

So it seems at 7 years it is past due, but it may last another 4 years.

I hate it when I know what should be done isn't what I want.

Kent,
looking at a V8

P.S. The subject line for the above hits was "Timin Belt change time"