Man drives 91 Honda Accord 1M miles

[jim t]

A man in Maine who has driven his Honda over 1M miles, was given a parade where he was given a new Honda Prelude.

http://www.onenewspage.com/n/Consumer/74mvm21qc/Man-Drives-Honda-Million-Miles.htm

 

[jim t]

Meanwhiles there's a 95 Honda Civic with 940K miles for sale on craiglist!

http://www.autoblog.com/2007/10/01/craigslist-find-of-the-decade-930-000-mile-95-honda-civic/

 

[EchoWars]

Had to check that out...Honda hasn't made the Prelude in ten years, so I wondered if they gave him a ten-year old car.

...naaa. They gave him a 2012 Accord.

 

[Blast]

Well... based on MY experience with an '89 Honda Civic the muffler has been replaced 33.3 times.

And the timing chain about 1/2 that many times...

 

[tom1356]

That poor bastard.
1mm miles in a 91 Accord.
Wonder what kind of crime he committed.

 

[Blast]

That poor bastard.
1mm miles in a 91 Accord.
Wonder what kind of crime he committed.

His wife was in love with it. :screwy:

 

[EddyFranner]

I have to say after owning Hondas fro 1978-1996 between those years the best I.M.O. was the 1990-93 Accords from the DX,LX and best the EX.

 

[jim t]

It was a new Accord sorry not a Prelude. His cars name was "True Blue". Some Hondas have bad head gaskets. Were the best Hondas the ones that were made in the USA?

 

[nickv41]

I would love to here about his maintanance schedule.

 

[SPL db]

I'd park the new one and keep driving the old one and shoot for two million. :yes:

 

[jdrum1]

Puts our 170K 97 CRV to shame.

 

[StevenZ]

I don't think it's uncommon to get high mileage from a car. Just take care of it and it'll last you as long as you want it to. I sold a 2000 Ford Mustang with 200K miles on it, in basically mint condition a couple years ago. In 200k miles I only replaced a fuel pump, did a break job, a tune up, and a new clutch.

 

[thisOne]

That's an achievement

 

[El Pee]

Mrs Maine looks like a dude...

 

[chillwolf]

Must be the most excitement that town has seen in a long time!
I rented an Accord for a weekend this year. It was OK, but I wouldn't buy one.

 

[gearhound]

I owned 2 Honda's with well over 200K miles.
They both ran like Swiss watches, until they were 'clocked' (pun intended) by a pair of older drivers making illegal turns
Change the oil & filter on them on a REGULAR basis, and they'll damm near run forever!

Steve

 

[Big Tuna]

Yeah, it's not uncommon for Honda's to go 1M miles. But cool nonetheless, mainly due to the fact that the guy kept it pristine. I would too. A clean/well maintained car gets the best MPG's. Also, if the engine is kept clean and not allowed to "cake" up, it will keep it's cool. Motors that get grease, oil & dirt built up on them is a big cause of failure, because when that stuff stays on there it acts like insulation, keeping the heat in there, causing hot spots and premature failure.