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For those people with 200,000-300,00 plus miles on your car and “never did anything but tires and oil changes”. What did you really do to get there? Tell me the truth.
Here‘s my only trip to 250,000 plus, land...
1999 Honda Accord (purchased new). Babied. Highway mileage. Oil changes every 3,000 miles (ST conventional). Here’s what I had to do to get it to 289,000 miles with non maintenance repairs.
Three engine mounts
Three mufflers
Two charcoal canisters
Two EVAP vent solenoids
EGR valve
Power steering rack
Front calipers twice
fuel lines
brake lines
gas tank
front subframe (rotted out, design fault)
V-Tec solenoid
Sway bar links front and back twice
Sway bar bushings five times (3 in front two in back)
Front axles twice
Upper control arms front
lower ball joints front
Radiator
Struts front
Outer tie rods three times
Brake hoses front
All this^^ to get to 289,000 miles. And I consider that lucky...no major repairs (tranny, engine). Although subframe is probably major. And at 289,000 miles all brake and fuel lines needed replacement again, the thing was drinking a quart of oil every 800 miles and it would stall at idle (if you didn’t keep your foot on the gas a little). But great car overall. Original alternator and starter. Engine never needed one single major repair...no head gasket issue or even a valve cover gasket. No vacuum leaks or misfires. Never one single AC repair. Never even needed an AC charge.
But it takes a lot of effort to get a car to 300,000 plus. Love to see some of those stories.
Here‘s my only trip to 250,000 plus, land...
1999 Honda Accord (purchased new). Babied. Highway mileage. Oil changes every 3,000 miles (ST conventional). Here’s what I had to do to get it to 289,000 miles with non maintenance repairs.
Three engine mounts
Three mufflers
Two charcoal canisters
Two EVAP vent solenoids
EGR valve
Power steering rack
Front calipers twice
fuel lines
brake lines
gas tank
front subframe (rotted out, design fault)
V-Tec solenoid
Sway bar links front and back twice
Sway bar bushings five times (3 in front two in back)
Front axles twice
Upper control arms front
lower ball joints front
Radiator
Struts front
Outer tie rods three times
Brake hoses front
All this^^ to get to 289,000 miles. And I consider that lucky...no major repairs (tranny, engine). Although subframe is probably major. And at 289,000 miles all brake and fuel lines needed replacement again, the thing was drinking a quart of oil every 800 miles and it would stall at idle (if you didn’t keep your foot on the gas a little). But great car overall. Original alternator and starter. Engine never needed one single major repair...no head gasket issue or even a valve cover gasket. No vacuum leaks or misfires. Never one single AC repair. Never even needed an AC charge.
But it takes a lot of effort to get a car to 300,000 plus. Love to see some of those stories.