A man in my home town hit a million miles on his Honda Accord.
"Million Mile Joe" (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=svsUfBdvDGk&feature=youtube_gdata_player#)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/maine-mans-honda-accord-rolls-over-the-1-million-mile-mark-gets-a-parade-new-vehicle/2011/10/24/gIQADrcHCM_story.html (http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/maine-mans-honda-accord-rolls-over-the-1-million-mile-mark-gets-a-parade-new-vehicle/2011/10/24/gIQADrcHCM_story.html)
Honda gave him a new Accord, but I was behind him driving home yesterday and he was still driving the old one. :D
[thumbsup]
I keep telling everyone I know with a honda... change them timing belts and they'll last forever... now there is proof.
Next to selling my Monster, the Accord was the most painful. Had that thing from 0 to 140,000 of trouble free miles. Regular service every 3,000 miles is all that is needed.
I'll bet that 2012 doesn't last a million miles....
Quote from: zooom on October 25, 2011, 08:50:43 AM
I'll bet that 2012 doesn't last a million miles....
+1
mitt
I put 280k on a '80 Civic wagon, sold it a 330k.
Still ran great.
I just couldn't stand driving it any more, ~5000 hours in the seat was enough.
I wonder what this guy does for a living or why he drives so much
In my modest calculations i figured about 75k in gas
Quote from: 1KDS on October 25, 2011, 05:22:47 PM
I wonder what this guy does for a living or why he drives so much
He says what he does in the video.
I guess I didn't wonder too much then, didn't watch the video until now :D
Quote from: 1KDS on October 25, 2011, 05:22:47 PM
I wonder what this guy does for a living
He works on that damn car
Apparently he is a floating Honda mechanic, he goes from dealer to dealer supplementing the service department.
Now if everybody maintained their car like he did it would last forever as well.
I love stories like this! [thumbsup] I also love looking through ebay motors at the Ducati section and seeing the really high mileage 851, 888 and Tamburini bikes. [Dolph] Makes me wish I had become a chiropractor. [laugh]
Worked with a guy at the courthouse who lived in the country on a farm. He had about a 180+ mile round trip commute every day. Worked with him for years. He had a pick up and his wife had a sedan but his commute car were Nissan Sentras. I can't remember how many he went through. He'd trade them in on a new one at about the 300-350K mark. Again, regular maintenance did the trick plus it was all highway miles. Probably applied the brakes about 10-15 times per day. ;D
crazy people, driving all those miles ;D
Fools they are.