This is a tad rediculous...
05-09-09, 08:46 AM
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This is a tad rediculous...
YES, thats 374,947...Three Hundred and Seventy Four Thousand, Nine Hundred and Forty Seven...miles!
Its an 06' Civic EX sedan.
Original Engine, Original Tranny, all hwy miles. He is an Inter-State Courier for a medical supply company.
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05-09-09, 12:39 PM
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That's pretty impressive looking, but in reality highway miles are incredibly easy on cars. The transmissions basically just stay in overdrive, the engines just see a consistent light load while cruising, the electronics only see about as much use as 1/3rd the # of miles in city driving.
There've been two different articles I've read about two different guys with Chevy Silverados that cleared 1 million miles on the original powertrain. In one case GM gave him a brand new truck in exchange for his old one, and in another case Pennzoil bought it from the guy for quite a bit of money because all he ever used was Pennzoil.
There've been two different articles I've read about two different guys with Chevy Silverados that cleared 1 million miles on the original powertrain. In one case GM gave him a brand new truck in exchange for his old one, and in another case Pennzoil bought it from the guy for quite a bit of money because all he ever used was Pennzoil.
05-09-09, 12:47 PM
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NO surprised at all. Every single Honda/Acura car that my family has owned from mother/father to brother sister to me/wife has all lasted well into the 100K mile, and some well into the 200K mile range without a single motor or tranny problem. Aside from the trannies mated to the V6 J series engines that had problems, all the other trannies and motors are solid. As a family, we have only owned 2 cars that had a replacement tranny. 1st was my old 95 BMW 325i, and 2nd was my old 94 ES300 that I gave to my dad and it recently had the tranny rebuilt at 140K miles.
05-09-09, 02:33 PM
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Originally Posted by OCDetailer
YES, thats 374,947...Three Hundred and Seventy Four Thousand, Nine Hundred and Forty Seven...miles!
Threxx, though, brought up a good point. Highway miles, particularly freeway miles with little traffic, are much easier on a car than stop-and-go-driving.
05-09-09, 04:02 PM
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Nice! 
It's just like the guy that I've posted here before with the '07 Yaris now with 335,000 miles. He too is a medical courier. Drives up and down Florida every day.
He's got your guy beat for pace.
He just encountered his first repair - a new alternator. Just oil changes, tires, spark plugs, and on his second drive belt.
Crazy how a $14K car will last forever but a $100K car from Germany can't come close.
(pic from a couple months ago)
It's just like the guy that I've posted here before with the '07 Yaris now with 335,000 miles. He too is a medical courier. Drives up and down Florida every day.
He's got your guy beat for pace.
He just encountered his first repair - a new alternator. Just oil changes, tires, spark plugs, and on his second drive belt.
Crazy how a $14K car will last forever but a $100K car from Germany can't come close.
(pic from a couple months ago)
05-09-09, 04:51 PM
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