Great news everyone! (In a Farnsworth voice)

Case is somewhat closed on the timing belt issue. I found an invoice from a shop the car was serviced in before and called them up. The belt was replaced at 137,000 in '08. The last reported mileage on the car was 137,772. Very happy!

Here are the pictures of my timing belt, hope someone can give me a prognosis! I tried to get detailed pictures of the belt itself rather than the whole area.

Thanks for all the feedback guys. I know I'm going to have to "bite the bullet" on the timing belt, but I'm still very mad about it. Who ever put on the last sticker just labeled it 137000, so I don't know if that means they replaced it at that mileage, or thats when it needed to be replac...

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