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Old 03-06-2014, 06:47 AM
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TL likely to go 200K miles
Accord and TL top 10 likely to go 200K miles

http://www.foxnews.com/leisure/2014/...urce=pulsenews


4 Honda products, impressive. And all Japanese except 1.
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Old 03-06-2014, 06:59 AM
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Interesting. We have an '03 Accord that our son is going to use - it's about a year or less short of 200K.
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A 200,000 mile Acura TL would go through about 3 transmissions
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A 200,000 mile Acura TL would go through about 3 transmissions
lol you would know.
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And hit about three light poles.
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A 200,000 mile Acura TL would go through about 3 transmissions
Actually i went thru 5
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A 200,000 mile Acura TL would go through about 3 transmissions
About to turn 223k on mine (2000). 3rd trans. Still running great though.
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A 200,000 mile Acura TL would go through about 3 transmissions
As a matter of fact I'm on my 3rd at 191,000 miles

Wait a minute you drive a Dodge
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A 200,000 mile Acura TL would go through about 3 transmissions
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Actually i went thru 5

216K still on original.
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^Lucky bastard. I went through 1.5 transmissions in 70,000 miles.
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Damn lucky. And the car is still clean imo.
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As a matter of fact I'm on my 3rd at 191,000 miles

Wait a minute you drive a Dodge
Correct. But my screen name is UA6 for a reason
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Correct. But my screen name is UA6 for a reason
Was trying to show humor in the reliability history of Dodge vs Acura.
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Still on my original tranny as well. But on my 2nd motor...my fault for going to a cheap mechanic.

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216K still on original.
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Originally Posted by UA6
A 200,000 mile Acura TL would go through about 3 transmissions
Nice, mine is 175K and on the 4th trans, the last 25K may not happen if I can get hands on an Accord Hybrid
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My old '97 TL which has been sold to a friend of mine several years ago is now at almost 300,000 miles without any issues.







P.S. Still on the original transmission
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No issues with my manual at 223k
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Originally Posted by Mr. Maker
216K still on original.
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Still on my original tranny as well. But on my 2nd motor...my fault for going to a cheap mechanic.
And both are 99s with the 4 speed, you guys dont count
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Originally Posted by Ken1997TL
My old '97 TL which has been sold to a friend of mine several years ago is now at almost 300,000 miles without any issues.







P.S. Still on the original transmission
You got a good one... problems didn't start until 1999.

I got rid of mine at 75k as it was on it's way to it's 3rd tranny...
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Old 03-08-2014, 01:59 AM
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There's someone here in Germany selling a TSX with 120K miles for $9999. 2006 I believe. I guess they can last a long time too.
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There's someone here in Germany selling a TSX with 120K miles for $9999. 2006 I believe. I guess they can last a long time too.
120K is nothing for a modern car. I still have a 98 Stratus with over 190K, (had) an 02 e46 with 130K miles without much problem before trading it in for my G35 which on the contrary has had a lot of problems.

My 09 TSX is @ 121K miles and still feels like the day I got it.

Point being, the benchmark nowadays are 200K+ miles.
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Could have at least run it through the car wash before taking the pic.
Or maybe that's 20 yr old baked on goodness?
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Old 03-10-2014, 01:28 PM
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^You certainly wouldn't worry about door dings at the supermarket.
I think one of the Kia gerbils owned that^^ one in high school
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That list is kinda misleading. Any car will go on for 200,000 miles if not more, if you're willing to keep pouring money into it.
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Originally Posted by UA6
That list is kinda misleading. Any car will go on for 200,000 miles if not more, if you're willing to keep pouring money into it.
True, my friend had a '94 Ranger with ~250k on it (his dad was the original owner). Still ran pretty well, but the AC didn't work (Texas summers ) & the trans (original 5spd) was starting to shift lousy.
Still was going when he sold it & bought a Tahoe. We always joked that it had a "self changing oil system", just had to add a qt every so often.
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