i had mine replaced a few months ago by rex gorells vw in geelong, it was 300 all up, 150 for the part 150 for the labor. getting royally screwed there dude, but the quote for the timing belt sounds pretty good, im getting mine done in the next month and i would be happy to pay that, i will let you know what its worth to get the timing belt done at gorells but i did speak with owen at RG's and he didnt give me a price but agreed with me that i wouldnt have much change from $1000.