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Thanks to all, I am inclined to keep it and put the service items in, just paranoid about the potential need for head gasket replacement.....

Greetings to all and thanks in advance for any constructive advice on these two related questions Next January my fairly low mileage 09 Forester base model will be 105 months, but only about 91K miles. I read a lot of horror stories about the head gaskets issues cropping up and costing well over $2000 So I am faced with a decision Invest $1000 roughly in the 105 service, do the water pump at the same time (maybe $600) and will probably need new tires as well ($500-$700) Its a fairly expensive years worth of things with the potential head gasket concerns in the back of my mind.. Only putting on about 4-5k miles per year and the next vehicle will be my cliched last car- you buy when retiring.. If there was a good independent mechanic in the SE PA area who would not rock my wallet quite as much as a dealership, I would be inclined to do that and drive this one to its end. So looking for other folks suggestions and experience with the head gasket issue and a good independent mechanic/shop locally