Oh yes, the dreaded timing belt again!!!

VW had the same design on their 90s models. But using the timing belt
to drive other things will only wear it out prematurely. Leave the
timing belt alone and it will last atleast 12 years / 150K miles.
Other than serving the purpose of forcing the owners to replace the
pumps on a 80K miles / 7 years interval, it's a stupid design!!

According to US DOT, the average life span of a motor vehicle is about
13 years or 145K miles final. So an average car would probably see
this kind of maintenance happens once in its life time. Statistically
speaking, that's not too bad. As i write this, my 89 Accord has 245K
miles on it and is running on the original engine and transmission,
second timing belt and third water pump.

But rich folks who drive lease vehicles don't give a f*ck about
whether it's a chain or a belt, and all this sh*t. It's the poor
working man who drives a 250K+ miles car that has to pay
attention.

So please do.. ;)

cheers