Sounds like you have most of your bases covered. If you have some mechanical knowledge you can definitely do the timing belt change yourself. A member here (nfpgasmask) did an excellent write up, with pictures, on how to replace your timing belt. I used it when I did mine and everything went off without a hitch. It's a full weekends worth of work (at least it was for me), but nothing is too crazy. http://www.vehicross.info/modules.ph...warticle&id=63

One thing that no one has mentioned yet, unless I missed it, is to check your oil often when you first start driving the VX. Some of them burn a ton of oil and others don't burn any. Mine burned about 3/4 of a quart of oil every 350 miles for over 100,000 miles until I had to replace the engine due to a burnt valve in cylinder three (NOT due to lack of oil). A few VX's have over 200,000 miles so these things are fairly reliable given that they get minor regular maintenance.

I LOVE LOVE LOVE my VX and used it as a daily driver for eight years. I was lucky enough to recently retire her to "recreational" status, but she's still going strong at 165,000 miles. They are GREAT in the snow so I know you're going to enjoy it this winter.