He absolutely did. That is why there is a TIME factor in there.

You will notice further that the manual does not say
84 months AND 105K miles,
it says
84 months OR 105K.
Whichever comes first. And something did come first for you: the time
factor.

Your engine is what is known as an "interference" design. This means
that should the belt skip or break, there is a great chance of the
valves hitting the pistons. If that happens, your repair bill goes from
$400 to almost $2,000.

At your current pace, the belt will be ten years old before you rack up
another 30K miles. This is bad bad bad.

While it is possible the belt may well last another 30K and three more
years, it is extremely unwise to push the life of this belt because of the
potential consequences.

Of course, it's not my money, but yours. If you want to risk a $2,000
repair bill in order to delay the expenditure of $400, be my guest.

And hey, do you think you'll still have the car in another seven years?
No?
Then what does it matter if you spend the $400 now or later? Either way it
needs to get done, and either way it will be the car's last belt change.

"Cheap bastard" isn't vulgar language.

"Cheap bastard" is a description.

Yes, he did.  That's why he said 7 years or 105k, whichever is earlier.

RVS says...

I had the same question about my 94 Accord, for which the
manual says 90k/6yrs.  There's no column in the manual for
90k/7yrs, or 90k/12yrs.  The only column that has 90k miles
also has 6 years.  And that appears to be true of everything
in there - it's 15k miles per year.  But, you know, some
things are really mileage things, like brakes, whereas other
things might have a significant time component, like oil or
coolant.

For what it's worth, and I offer this with no guarantee at
all, here's what I was told:

I took my 94 Accord in to a local Honda/Acura shop (not a
dealer, but highly respected for quality work) when it was
10 years old, and had 46k miles on it.   Remember that the
manual says 90k/6yrs.  I placed my checkbook on the desk,
and told the shop owner that I thought I should get the
timing belt replaced.

Even though my checkbook was clearly visible to him, he said
that the timing belt is pretty much exclusively a mileage
thing, and I don't need to get it changed.  When I asked how
long I should go before getting it changed, he said "90,000
miles".

Now of course, he doesn't guarantee that advice, but he and
his guys have worked on Honda products for decades, and know
more than I do.

I'm all the way up to 58k miles now, and the car is
approaching 13 years old.  Based on time, I should have
changed the belt twice by now.

But here's the other side.  If at some point you are going
to sell the car, you're going to have to get the belt
replaced first, or allow for the cost of doing that in the
selling price.  So, if you plan on selling in the next few
years, you'll have to get it changed once anyway.  Why not
do it now, and eliminate any worry.  In my case, as of today
I have avoided two belt changes.  But if you plan on selling
within, say, four years from now, I think you probably
should go ahead and get it done now.  If you plan on keeping
it till it dies, then you're gonna have to decide what's
reasonable, and I don't know of any statistical data that
would tell you what actually determines the life of the belt.

I do, however, agree with you that the manual is based on an
assumed 15k miles per year, and the column the item appears
in does NOT tell you whether mileage or time is the real
determining factor, if that is not the rate at which you
put miles on the car.  The problem is, I don't know how you
find the real answer.

If he can't afford the maintenance, he should take the bus.  A car is a
luxury.

And if he decides to be a cheapskate and skip the maintenance, he shouldn't
bother to come crying here when his timing belt snaps and his engine is
turned into a big f.cking paperweight.

Since you are condoning his miserly ways, perhaps you'll be willing to foot
the bill for a new motor for him...

He's at best penny-wise and pound-foolish.  He wants not to spend a few
hundred dollars today so that he may end up spending a few thousand
dollars down the road.

As the Car Talk guys say, it's the cheapest man who spends the most.