The only thing that I needed was a radiator at 210,000 miles, and the rest of the stuff was normal wear and tear, like brake pads and exhaust pipes.
Other than that, the car has been wonderful for 12 years, and still rides better than most cars that I have tried that were 10 years newer than my old Honda.
I have owned 4 Hondas; all were the LX Honda Accords with manual transmission. May the Honda go on for 500,000 miles, go go go!!!
I am going to set a RECORD!!! A million mile Honda.
Great job with the Honda. But I think there are several people ahead of you with million mile Hondas. And Irv Gordon has 2.6 million on a Volvo.
It may be possible. My cousin bought his 1994 Accord LX brand new. He has replaced the timing belt, drive lines, water pump and radiator. The car has 353K miles on it and still is used almost daily.
I'm thinking about buying either and Accord next year or a Nissan Maxima. Not quite sure which one yet. Good luck on a million miles!
The manual transmission helps a lot. Drive it right, and only the clutch needs replacing, and it doesn't cost too much. Here in NZ, where most cars are used Japanese import cars, because they are predominantly automatics, there just is no point in keeping a car when the auto transmission needs to be overhauled, when the cost will be more than the car is worth.
Pity though that brand-new, many cars are now only being sold here with automatics.
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