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TOPIC: Million mile Honda
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== 1 of 2 ==
Date: Tues, Oct 25 2011 2:09 pm
From: Jim Yanik
"Elmo P. Shagnasty" <elmop@nastydesigns.com> wrote in news:elmop-
591F83.11054325102011@news.eternal-september.org:
> http://www.pressherald.com/news/Honda-goes-the-distance-1-million-miles_2
> 011-10-24.html?searchterm=million+miles
>
> Joe is an ex-mechanic and he did most of the work on it. His secret to
> keeping the car alive so long? Following regular maintenance schedules,
> using only good parts, and obeying the rules for safe driving....
>
>
> ....not to mention starting with a 1990 Accord.
A -USED- Accord,it had 77K on it when he bought it.
>
> Good luck translating that to a new Honda.
>
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Jim Yanik
jyanik
at
localnet
dot com
== 2 of 2 ==
Date: Wed, Oct 26 2011 7:40 pm
From: dold@89.usenet.us.com
In rec.autos.makers.honda C. E. White <cewhite3@mindspring.com> wrote:
> I've never owned a car I wanted to drive for 20 years. Longest ever for me
> was an F150, 14 years. I had nowhere near a million miles on it, but then I
> never took the engine apart and put it back together either.
My next door neighbor had a used Honda Civic of unknown vintage.
Right after he had to change the thermostat at 350,000 miles, he sold the
car and got another used Honda Civic.
He felt that once parts started breaking, it was all downhill.
I'm trying to decide if I should do valves or something on my poorly
maintained 1988 Dodge Dakota. It has 235,000 miles on it, and I can't decide
if it leaks or burns more oil, but it's around 500 miles/quart.
I bought it new, so I still have that initial depreciation to overcome.
The Dakota is still around, because it has its place. It has been second
fiddle to a few different motorcycles, and a Honda Civic that has 135,000
miles.
I'm trying to catch up to my son's 64 Chevy II that my dad gave to him. We
think it has about 450,000 miles, but there aren't enough digits on the
odometer, and the pages in the log book aren't all that trustworthy. The
Powerglide was rebuilt at 64,000 miles, and I remember changing the water
pump once.
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Clarence A Dold - Hidden Valley Lake, CA, USA GPS: 38.8,-122.5
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