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Old May 9, 2009 | 08:46 AM
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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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Old May 9, 2009 | 09:01 AM
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Wow! True testament to Honda durability!
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Old May 9, 2009 | 09:13 AM
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true testament to someone who has no life other than his job
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Old May 9, 2009 | 10:13 AM
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Wow
I wonder why my sister's 01 civic transmission crapped out at 110k
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Old May 9, 2009 | 10:31 AM
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Wow
I wonder why my sister's 01 civic transmission crapped out at 110k
Did she let you take it out ricing on a friday night
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Old May 9, 2009 | 10:59 AM
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Honda slushboxes pre 05 aren't known for their longevity.

I've got a doozie coming up latee, hold on tight!
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Old May 9, 2009 | 11:05 AM
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holly crud...triple my mileage and a fraction of the age
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Old May 9, 2009 | 12:20 PM
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holy bajeez!

thats alot.
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Old May 9, 2009 | 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.
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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.
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Old May 9, 2009 | 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!
Impressive, but not surprising. I've seen more than one Honda go 300K or more 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.
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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.

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Old May 9, 2009 | 04:42 PM
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What a crappy job...
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Old May 9, 2009 | 04:51 PM
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Originally Posted by JLSC4





Crazy how a $14K car will last forever but a $100K car from Germany can't come close.

(pic from a couple months ago)

But who want's to roll out in town in a honda when picking up some hot a$$ cougars in a 100k sports car feels so good
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Old May 9, 2009 | 04:54 PM
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That's not REDiculous it's BLUEdiculous. But you gotta respect a car that can rack up that ridiculous amount of mileage.
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