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Old Sep 26, 2007 | 11:36 PM
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honda do last forever

http://atlanta.craigslist.org/car/408063146.html
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Old Sep 26, 2007 | 11:39 PM
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I know of someone with a '92 Legend with over 410,000 miles and it really did drive like new. He's had it repainted and new leather. Thats about it.
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Old Sep 27, 2007 | 12:38 AM
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I don't know if I believe that......still it is a Honda. I guess its possible!
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Old Sep 27, 2007 | 12:43 AM
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If I had put on nearly a million miles on a car over the course of thirteen years I don't think I could sell it. As odd as it sounds, I would feel too attached to it.

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Old Sep 27, 2007 | 12:45 AM
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why sell it? i would keep the baby. go for the world record or somethin.
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Old Sep 27, 2007 | 12:47 AM
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but how is that possible?

it ran 71538 miles every year for 13 years! fishy!
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Old Sep 27, 2007 | 12:52 AM
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miami to seattle to san fran 3700 miles

basically he needs to have this business trip at least 15 times a year and still have to drive 20000 miles locally. for 13 years to achieve that mileage!!


bullshit

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Old Sep 27, 2007 | 01:06 AM
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that's 200 miles everyday for 13 years in a row.
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Old Sep 27, 2007 | 01:36 AM
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haha, I had to calculate that too.

I guess it's possible though. I used to drive like 100 miles a day just for work, and no long road trips. but to average 200 miles 24/7 for 13 years does seem a tad high, but why would anyone lie about that.

I would really want to see that thing roll over to all zeros.
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Old Sep 27, 2007 | 03:44 AM
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odometers do mal function..
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Old Sep 27, 2007 | 08:06 AM
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I read about this guy who owned an old saab and drove it 1,000,000 miles. He reported it to Saab, they took his car as a showcase piece, and gave him a new Saab. Maybe this guy can get Honda to trade him for a new car also.
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Old Sep 27, 2007 | 08:12 AM
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I drove 300 to 375 miles a day back when I had my courier business. Put between 90,000 and 100,000 miles a year on my Escort.
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Old Sep 27, 2007 | 08:43 AM
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Originally Posted by AMGala
I read about this guy who owned an old saab and drove it 1,000,000 miles. He reported it to Saab, they took his car as a showcase piece, and gave him a new Saab. Maybe this guy can get Honda to trade him for a new car also.
i saw that car at an auto show. the thing looked brand new!!
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Old Sep 27, 2007 | 08:46 AM
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Originally Posted by chungkopi
but how is that possible?

it ran 71538 miles every year for 13 years! fishy!
Dude, he could have been a courier. Seriously, it's not that difficult. I do 20k a year and I work from home.

My buddy was a courier for 10 years.

200,000 on a Geo Prism
496,000 on a Honda Civic VX
200,000 on a Honda Prelude Si
150,000 on a Subaru Outback

So yeah, it's possible. Plus there are people that work in DC that live in Delaware. Do that math.

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Old Sep 27, 2007 | 09:19 AM
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I got 310,000 miles on my beater(94 accord). I just got back from western Kentucky last night i took it. if i would have taken the truck it gets like 17 mpg where my beater gets like 30-35). there's no way that dude will get 2500 out of almost a million mile civic. He's better off to run it until it blows up.
that's what i'm doing with my Accord. My parents bought it new in March of 94 so all 310,000 has been put on either by me or the family.
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Old Sep 27, 2007 | 11:13 AM
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Old Sep 27, 2007 | 11:41 AM
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ITS BS
BUT HONDASsdo last
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Old Sep 27, 2007 | 12:02 PM
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I don't see why this couldn't be possible.

A Toyota 4 Runner was sold on eBay with almost 1,000,000 miles not too long ago.

If you do a search, you'll see that there are quite a few mid-90's cars with close to a million miles on the odometer.
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Old Sep 27, 2007 | 12:46 PM
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Wow . . . I'm surprised he wouldn't keep that to make it to the million miles milestone! If he's the original owner, I'm sure Honda would've done the same as Saab had done for that guy. It just reminds me of that episode of Married with Chilren where Al had tried to get a new car from Dodge when his was approaching the millionth mile until Peg had to mess it up.
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Old Sep 27, 2007 | 01:49 PM
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Damn. I thought I drove a lot.
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Old Sep 27, 2007 | 02:21 PM
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Originally Posted by sho_nuff1997
i saw that car at an auto show. the thing looked brand new!!
I saw it at the Detroit Autoshow. Presentable yes, brand new noooooooo!
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Old Sep 27, 2007 | 02:36 PM
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Hmm, I'm bored of my vehicles before they hit 30k.
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Old Sep 27, 2007 | 02:48 PM
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I'd suspect he's some sort of drug mule.
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Old Sep 27, 2007 | 03:11 PM
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I put on 33k on my car so far this year.



I don't see why not i would really love to see what honda would say if he contacted them
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Old Sep 28, 2007 | 02:46 AM
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wow thats a lot of miles
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Old Sep 28, 2007 | 04:30 PM
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I was looking for a beater "Honda/Prelude" to be exact and I saw at least 40-50 of them all with over 145k miles within like 50 radius from my home.
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Old Sep 28, 2007 | 04:56 PM
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that's pretty crazy... I cant imagaine driving my tsx for 410k miles though...
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Old Oct 2, 2007 | 01:28 PM
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Originally Posted by Deity711
I'd suspect he's some sort of drug mule.

Same thing I thought of ahahah
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Old Oct 2, 2007 | 03:35 PM
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anything is possible and I do believe that this is legit.

someone should buy this and hit 1,000,000 and ask honda to trade that car new accord.
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Old Oct 7, 2007 | 12:10 AM
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this car made it on the AOL home page haha. go look now or else you might miss it. AOL
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Old Oct 7, 2007 | 08:33 AM
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dayam that's nuts
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Old Oct 7, 2007 | 02:09 PM
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Originally Posted by civic_slayer
this car made it on the AOL home page haha. go look now or else you might miss it. AOL
Yep, and I did a in the Ramblings forum, as I don't venture in car talk too much.
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