This is how used car dealers get their reputation. I have done a fair amount of business with Hobbs. We have a Pilot that we purchased and a 2004 Accord that we have had serviced there. I recently looked into trading the Accord and wanted a trade value. The car has 180,000 miles and I was not expecting much. The first first question the used car manager asked was if I had the timing belt changed. I had not. He indicated that it should have been done at 100,000 miles and I was on borrowed time as my engine would freeze up if the belt broke. He offered to get the car in right away and quoted $800 for the service. I had a bad feeling so I declined and called Import Minded on the South Side of Milwaukee. They quoted a new timing belt at $475 and I made an appointment for the next morning. When I showed up the service writer looked out the window at my car and asked what year is that? When I replied 2004 he told me that honda switched from timing belts to timing chains in 2003 and that I ha
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