im on my 2nd aveo. The first aveo had about 75k miles when I replaced the timing belt. That replacement belt only lasted 50k miles before it failed and chewed up the engine. I sold it as it was. Now I have an 09 aveo and it has 70k miles right now. it's time to replace the belt and im considering two things, however i dont have enough info about my second option. here they are: (1.) do it myself, save money and know that it gets done right even though it will take me considerably longer to do the job than a professional. (2.) give it to a pro. whom I can trust. yet I wonder if there is any shops other than a dealer that can do the job in such a way as to maintain the powertrain warranty? please tell me what your experiance was in replaceing your timing belt regardless of how you did it....
respectfully,
ryan