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Old 10-21-2011, 11:10 AM #16
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I can't find any service records and can't find anything about the timing belt and I have called 5 dealers in the area and Toyota directly and there's no records other than MINOR warranty work.
If you called the dealerships on MY 05 45unner you'd find the same thing...Yet my vehicle is extremely well maintained...

#1) I do pretty much all maintenance myself.

#2) Any service I do have done because I don't have the equipment or time to do...I NEVER EVER go to the dealer...There are as good or BETTER independent mechanics around that do the work for almost half the price.

Just because you can't find any records doesn't mean that it wasn't done. I'd have a trusted independent mechanic look at the vehicle.

As for the timing belt...If you can't verify that it was ever replaced then it should be the first thing on your list if you do end up buying it.
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Old 10-21-2011, 03:29 PM #17
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I do quite a bit of my own work on my cars also. I keep an excel spreadsheet on everything I do that I can give to a perspective buyer when I go to sell the car. Granted I could make up a spreadsheet when I go to sell the car, but if you see a car that looks to be taken care of and the owner presents proof of what was done you have to have some faith in it being the truth.

As far as buying from a dealer, the only car that get traded in to a dealer from me are the ones where I know there is something wroing. If it's in very good or better shape I sell it outright myself. If there is something wrong that I don't want to tell them about, it goes to a dealer.
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