She's been heavily used and abused (within reason, and in a good way). She's a 2006 with 80k miles. Back in '08 or '09 two friends and I drove from PA to WY, and back, and I had her up in the mountains of the Big Horn Nat'l forest. I had her places where I was expecting to see some Jeeps and 4x4's (another reason I love this car) So it wasn't too too surprising it needed the suspension work.

I am pushing it with the timing belt. Original is still on there and I'm at 80k miles. I keep seeing stories about them blowing pre-60k. But I think I also see people talking about gen1 vs. gen2 aveos and sometimes I see they are good up to 100k miles? Can anyone elaborate and set this straight for me??? Either way, I'm doing the timing belt this weekend just to be safe.