Transmission went out at about 180,000 miles.
Sticky gas pedal at about 150,000 miles (new engine fixed that)
Cracked head gasket at 205,000 miles (replaced engine at this point)
Door sealers have began to leak; air, but not water.
Stereo started having issues within the past year; replaced it.
Muffler has rusted out twice; second time we decided just to throw a glass pack on in instead of a stock muffler (sounds pretty good).
I love this car! It has pretty good fuel economy (30-35 mpg) and still has a fair amount of get up and go. The manual transmission is something you would definatly want to look for. This car has really only had one major problem with it. I work at an auto shop, and I have yet to see ANY vehicle with as much mileage as this SL1, and any that were near it were barely running, while the SL1 runs just fine. I could not be happier with this car. If you are looking for a car to get you around or a first car for your teen, I would strongly recommend this one.
You don't see cars with more than 205,000 miles on them? Where do you work. I here stories from my mechanics about V8's with 400,000 miles on them all the time. My mechanic also works on a lot of honda's with that many miles on them too. I have a 1994 Accord with 242,000 miles on it and when ever I take it to the Honda dealer, they don't even bark at the mileage because they get so many like mine and older that have over 300,000 miles on them on one engine and tranny too. Well, happy motoring...
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