Expiration date

Death, taxes, and warranties. I just added the latter to the list of life's inevitabilities after going to the Mazda dealer this morning. I love my 2003 P5 (almost but not pictured above) and it has hardly given me any problems, but one automatic doorlock stopped working and a seatbelt no longer retracts. Of course, the warranty of safety-related parts ends at 60K. My odometer reads 63K. WTF?

How do manufacturers make things that break with such impeccable timing? That fact that the rear seatbelts are hardly ever used makes it even more impressive.

I told the dealer that I'd find a garage to do the fixes--just out of principle. Anyone know a good mechanic?