thanks i appreciate that. i know if it happens i will deserve it.

there are tons of people that own an xterra and do not get on any on-line discussion boards, and i'm sure that the majority of them dont know anything about the timing belt being due at 105,000, and i am even more sure that there are a good majority out there that havent done the timing belt and have gone way past the interval it should be done at... so does that mean that since i know better, that it is more likely to go bad before anyone else's that doesnt get on XOC?

i think i remember someone even posted on here that they hit 196,xxx without changing it, and several more that have had it changed and it didnt have even the slightest appearance of wear. i get your point, but i dont think its nearly as "life and death" as some make it.

i'm sure you're already to say "i told you so" if and when my timing belt goes, but honestly, i dont post questions and problems about my xterra like it was going out of style like some, so if the timing belt did go out, unless you knew me personally, you would never know about it.

i am gonna change it as soon as i get a chance to devote an entire day to it. i dont wanna fuck anything up and i am sure as hell not paying Nissan to do it.