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Originally Posted by Richcl
This is something that concerns me too.
I changed the belts on my v6 about 4 years ago now, but the car has done less than a 1000 miles in that time.
At this rate to change them at 6 years they'd only have 1500 miles on them.
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I am in the same boat. I suspect that the 90,000 or 6 years arose because the average mileage per annum was around 15,000 in those days, but whether it is the age or the mileage that causes the problem I don't know. It's a bit like "use by " dates on food - it does not know to go off at midnight, and a fair bit of tolerance is built in.