As a broke student who liked to drive around the country a lot, I often had the urge to write Mr. Honda a letter saying thank you for making a car that is cheap, gets great fuel economy, is spacious enough, looks decent and is unbreakable. I hope wherever he is he gets this note.
I had to replace the tires, occasional tune ups.
Got a fresh seat from a junkyard.
Tie rod end.
Contacts on the lock cylinder.
One rear caliper and its brake hose had to be replaced.
Front struts when I got the car.
At 256,000 miles the clutch needed replacement and the transmission was popping out of gears.
It had started blow oil smoke after idling in traffic for a while (valve seals).
Since it had been rear ended at a traffic light (suffering no mechanical damage but looked pretty bad), that ended its life.
Not a powerful car, but since it was light, it felt peppy enough. The large gas tank meant 500 miles between fillups. Never let me down.
Great car, I agree, but there are no rear calipers, only drums. My Accord is at 252000 and burns no oil, and the engine is perfect, never so much as took off the head (Owned it the entire time) Had a Horrible Rear end situation, had to weld on a new trunk, but was a teenager at the time, and did the work myself, Can't tell at all, I am never getting rid of this car...
You are right about the caliper, it was the drum brake that had frozen :)
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