100,000

[BruceRPA]

No, not posts, not watts, not horsepower, and certainly not dollars!

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The odometer rolled over to 100,000 miles yesterday. I have never had a vehicle with this many miles on it because, until now, none of them were still reliable once they got to 65K or so. This one is a 2006 Honda Ridgeline that I bought when they first came out in 2005. I do take very good care of my vehicles but even so, none have held up so well as this vehicle has. I find it to be incredible that I have not needed any repairs so far. The only service that it has had is the regularily scheduled service, oil changes (Mobil 1 synthetic), one replacement set of tires (soon to be 2), and a set of brake pads. IIRC, thats it! I couldn't be happier with it (unless it would provide better MPG) and it still looks like it is almost new inside and out. I can not say that about any of my previous vehicles. I do now that I have a major scheduled service on the horizon that will cost $1000 ~ 1500 for a timing belt replacement with a water pump and new spark plugs for good measure. Even so, I plan to keep the truck for another two to five years. As long as the reliability remains and the appearance is still good, I don't feel the need to buy another vehicle.

As much as I really like classic cars, in this case the old saying that they don't make 'em like they used to is a good thing!

I will say that the thing that caused me to leave the domestic market (I was a GM kind of guy) and look at Honda was the lack of reliability of my last two GM vehicles. They were a 1999(?) Olds Aurora and a 2000 Chevy Blazer. Based on their service history, I knew that I could not afford to keep them on the road after the warranty expired so away they went. The Ridgeline is the third of seven Honda vehicles that my family has purchased since 2000. They have all been exceptionally reliable. That being said, I am VERY impressed with the recent vehicles that are coming out of Detroit by all of the Big Three automakers, espercially Ford. after my last Ford, a 1992 Ford Explorer that was the absolute worst POS that I have ever owned, I never thought that I would be saying that about a Ford product again, but I am. I believe that all three domestic automakers got the message loud and clear a few years ago and have turned themselves around and are now far more that just competative with the foreign car and truck makers. When it is time for me to trade this Honda in I will definetely be back looking at the domestic market offerings.

 

[finnbow]

100,000 miles is the new 60,000.

My wife's 2003 Toyota Sienna minivan is also pretty much bulletproof, even with 135,000 on the clock. It still looks and drives like new and doesn't consume a drop of oil between 5,000 mile oil changes (with Pennzoil Platinum synthetic). Other than brakes, tires and fluids, I've only had to replace the timing belt and front right wheel bearing at about 100K.

 

[soundboy]

That's a "problem" with Honda and Toyota cars/trucks....they remain sooooo trouble-free that you're scared to try anything else when it's time to get them replaced. My 2010 Toyota RAV4 AWD, at 59,900 miles, has been completely trouble-free. I do plan on replacing it due to personal reasons (i.e. better gas mileage) and I've been looking around other brands. But I am just so used to having no mechanical problems with Honda's and Toyota's.

Based on my experience and my friends', 100,000 on a Honda is just the beginning. My friend put over 300,000 on a 1990 Honda Prelude without rebuilding the engine or the transmission.

 

[RichPA]

Cool! I've had one car that got up to 100K (a Ford Pinto wagon, believe it or not), but it was a piece of junk for the last 20K.

 

[markdi]

You musta had some lemons

My 98 200sx has 206000 miles on it and the only
Repair was a water pump 40 thousand miles ago

 

[finnbow]

In addition to my wife's bulletproof Sienna, I have a less-than-bulletproof '91 4Runner with 225,000 miles on it as my beater/hunting/fishing truck. It burned a valve at 175K due to its screwy and prohibitively expensive-to-adjust shimmed valve adjustment. This came after a head gasket replacement quite a bit earlier (under warranty).

 

[Bozzmonster]

My 2003 Pontiac Vibe has 145k and it still sounds like new when started. Just a few squeaks and rattles otherwise and no rust which is exceptional in Michigan. Lady at work as the same vehicle with 300k and it looks great too. I believe all the car makers are making a better product nowadays. However, a Pontiac Vibe is really just a Toyota Corolla with Pontiac clothing. Also kinda cool - it has a timing chain. No timing belt to worry about.

I'm shooting for 200k.

 

[BruceRPA]

I think that one can get more than 100,000 miles out of most vehicles these days -- IF they are properly maintained. It always bothers me to see a late model car that has obviously never had the most basic care. You know the ones, cluttered and filthy inside and out, a couple of tires that are severely under inflated, windshield wipers that wore out a long time ago, a missing wheel cover or two, scrapes and dents to match the broken tail light lens, and the standard opaque headlight lens assemblies. And, of course, the driver is often seen standing beside their heap on the side of the road cursing the damn car because it broke down on them again. On the other hand, there is a guy that I see around town that is still driving his late 80s Buick Century that looks like it just came off of the showroom floor. I bet that it still rides just like it did too.

 

[audiobiker]

I dont even have my own car yet I am gonna be getting a '83 Toyota 4X4 truck this year though and i cant wait!
My uncle has a toyota MR2 from (i believe) 89 and it has 475k miles on it and a bullet hole in the side Apparently there is a traveling doctor that has an MR2 on the West coast that travels up and down the coast to do work and his has over 700k

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