Big freaking vent against Audi

[Jon/Audi A4]

On Mon, 15 Sep 2003, Steve Sears wrote:

> In the meantime - to all Audi owners who think their timing belt can go 60k
> miles or more before replacement - CHANGE YOUR TIMING BELT EARLY AND
> OFTEN!!! (pass it on...please)

Wow... now I have 42k on my car.  Warranty covers it until 50k.  I know
audi isn't going to replace it before 50k (without failure) so are you
saying that I should replace it at 50,001?

I know I am going to be out of warranty before the 4 yr warranty on the
car.  Yes, in 2001 AoA changed the warranty to 4 yrs instead of 3, but
that is useless to me as I always hit the mileage first.  I was hoping to
put off the TB change until ~60k .. becasue by ~60k I will have the car
paid off and the first month w/o a car payment, I was planning on doing
the timing belt.

Is your above statement a blanket statement based on mileage alone? Does a
car that gets more mileage in a shorter amount of time (less environmental
affects on the TB itself) have a longer mileage life (closer to 60k)?

I have read Audiworld alot and have seen more failures over 60k than I
have under 60k.  Many more people replace their TB at/around 60k...

Thanks.

Jon