I drive my cars till around 200,000. My Camry was still going strong at 201,000. My 4runner has 180K on it. It needs a new catalytic converter, which will run us $2500. We aren't doing it. I'm hoping to squeeze another 6mo and 5K miles out of it before we need to replace it.
I know I drive toyotas, but I feel they are comparable. My parents Odyssey had 160k miles on it when they traded it in.
My Acura has over 124,000 miles. I need to get new tires and struts soon, and I've had to repair the AC, replace my brakes and get a new battery, but I've been very happy with how low-maintenance it's been over almost 8 years. I would be thrilled if I could get it to 200,000 miles!
My '90 Accord had a little over 200k miles before it started randomly dying. We gave it or sold it to my uncle in 2003 and I think he got a few more years out of it.
I previously owned a 1994 Honda Accord and it was at 150,000 + miles when I sold it. I had to replace the muffler several times and it had a ton of rust but the engine will probably go forever! I love Hondas!
Not a Honda, but our Hyundai has 160k miles on it, and is finally reaching the end of what we're willing to pay for, in terms of repairs. I'd say you're should be good to go for quite a while with your Honda!
Post by MixedBerryJam on Jul 6, 2015 11:51:44 GMT -5
My 2003 Odyssey has 140k on it at the moment and it's about to embark on a xc journey (I'm lending it to someone else). If it makes it back alive I have a buyer. I already have separation anxiety but I will love the extra space in the garage.
70k is nothing! H has an old accord that has well over 200k and still running strong. It looks like junk but he drives 40 minutes interstate to work so it's great on gas. I had a civic that had I think $160k before someone hit me and totalled it. I hadn't touched the engine or trani.
I just traded in my '05 Pilot last month. It had 117,000 and was going strong. Never a single issue. Needed a new timing belt and tires but that's just wear.
Post by themysteriouswife on Jul 6, 2015 12:01:53 GMT -5
My first Honda was 280,000. A fucking tornado took it out. I cried for days. It was my first car I paid for on my own. It was used when I bought it.
Our second was 260,000 when we decided to get me a new car. It likely had more life. I drive 1+ hrs one way to work. It wasn't worth the risk. Also used when we purchased it.
Our third is at 60,000. I'm sure we will use it to 200,000+ too. It was brand new with 7 miles on if.
Ours was somewhere over 200k, maybe 240k, when we replaced it. It was starting to have issues and we didn't really want to drive it cross country on our move. H's brother drove it for quite some time after that.
My dad had a '86 Honda Accord that he drove until it got up to around 230k miles. He knows about car engines and was on top of maintaining it. He sold it in '01 to a guy who was going to keep the body but switch out the engine.
Post by fuckyourcouch on Jul 6, 2015 12:12:09 GMT -5
Yeah well my Ford Focus had 43k miles on it when I imagined pushing it off of a cliff after the umpteenth ridiculous expensive repair over 5 years. (Instead of insurance fraud I traded it in lol.)
I have 80,000 miles on my Accord. We've had it since 2009 and have had zero problems with it. We've only needed to do routine maintenance. I LOVE that car. We needed a second car and I really wanted another Accord but H had different plans, lol.
My aunt had an '86 Prelude that had 325k miles on it when she parked it due to rust. She had just done the "standard" maintenance on it. She gave it to my cousin for his auto body shop project and they fixed it up, gave the engine a once over and he drives it now. I think he's over 400k.
I have an 02 Accord SE with 290k miles on it. I bought it with 6 miles on it. My BF drives it now as a commuter car. I've had to replace the transmission (about 3-4 years ago) and it's got a new radiator, catalytic converter, the EGR ports were cleaned out and it runs fine for the amount of miles it has on it. If anything else breaks on it, then Ol' Betsy is going to pasture.
Not sure on the miles, but H has a 2001 accord that is still going strong. It did get a new transmission a couple years ago though. It needs to last a minimum of 2 more years so that I can get all the extras on the Pilot I've got my eye on.