60,000 k service, ouch!

[Tewbacca]

...or the mechanic didn't know much about your van.

He should know something about my van by the time he told me. He had just serviced it. If a "VW Specialist" (in phone book,painted on the building and on their business cards) does not know that a 128kw Motor does not have a timing belt then the company should not call themselves specialists I don't think.