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| Thinking seriously about buying a 2001 Honda Accord. The second thoughts I am having concern the miles on the vehicle (96000). I'm having a hard time buying a car (even a Honda) with that many miles on it, however, my budget restrains me from spending too much on a newer model. The question is, what kind of longevity can I NORMALLY expect from this car 150K, 200K or what? Thanks very much. | |
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Replying to: dennislanier (Sep 19, 2006 5:10 am) I'd say this is probably the norm for old Hondas (my grandad ran his Civic for 260,000 miles and 15 years before selling it 4 years ago. His car had an engine rebuild at approx 210k miles though b/c he didn't change the timing belt in time and slung a rod (i think; it's been a long time - either way, you could say 200k miles without major repairs). |
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Replying to: dennislanier (Sep 19, 2006 5:10 am) I have a 2001 Honda Accord LX at 160,000 miles that was maintained and treated nicely. Other than the fact that I'm going on my 3rd transmission, my catalytic converter has died, resulting in very poor engine performance and currently 18 miles to the gallon due to the strain on the exhaust system, it has treated me well. This morning, Honda has quoted around $7000 worth of repairs. Although the mechanics are very nice and sypathetic, those repairs come close to diving over the blue book value. It looks really nice and clean however! Clean engine, sounds great, excellent paint. You'll only notice the transmission while driving it, then the exhaust problem when the Check Engine light intermittantly comes on. Get the car checked and diagnosed before purchasing it. |
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I bought a 1990 Honda DX off a dealer's lot in Chicago and have been driving it for 17 years. I kept it clean for the first ten years, and the feeling of driving a nice car that was paid off really was outstanding! Along the way I have driven other cars, but I keep coming back to the Accord as my daily driver. I drive a variety of rental cars when on travel expeditions, and have never really gotten hooked on anything else. The Dodge Intrepid came close for a while, as did the mid-sized GMC SUV (Blazer/Jimmy family) and I recently had a great vacation in the Hummer H3. Still, the Accord keeps me on the road no matter what. I bought the baseline DX with no AC (wears on the engine don't you know!) and manual windows. Over the years I have had the clutch and the transmission replaced, but only after I burned out first, second and reverse gears (you can push start this car on level ground and hop in, if you are beefy like me). I have also gradually seen oil leaks pop up, but STILL I burn no oil and pass emissions/smog with no problem. Have the seals replaced when you get the timing belt and water pump done, every 100k miles. When the Accord was new, I routinely got mileage in the high 30's and 17 years later it has descended to a still respectable 27.5 mpg. I add up the cost of gas and oil, and a new car doesn't seem that great of an idea for a daily driver. I have had significant problems with water intrusion into the trunk, and have never been able to fix this, except by moving to a location (SoCal) where there is little rain! Now that I have passed well into the lofty mileage range (currently 209k miles !!) I have been testing the limits of the power train and handling. There are numerous times when the manual transmission, along with a certain unconcern for possilbly blowing up the engine, and a pegged tach have allowed me to blow by HEMI cars/trucks on demanding grades. I have no idea what HONDA put into the replacement transmission, but it seems idiot proof, and darn near indestructible. I highly recommend doing your own maintenance for anything you can figure out. I no linger cringe at replacing the front half axels, which you will replace regularly if you keep on driving. Keep putting in the oil, and other fluids and it will keep on running. Buy it new and just keep driving it! |
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I have a beautiful 1993 EX with 107000 miles on it. I bought it with 65000 miles 6 years ago. I just started have some problems this year (minor). I had my transmission fluid drained and changed two years ago and i have been having trans problems every since. yesterday the trans went out. i bought a new car two days ago however, i am still going to get a new trans because i love that car. it has not rust or dents and it looks showroom new. my suggestion is to look on autotrader (sales) and put in the make and year of the car. you will see hondas with over 200,000 miles |
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Replying to: dennislanier (Sep 19, 2006 5:10 am)
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Replying to: tallman1 (Sep 22, 2006 4:58 am) True, but the transmissions from 4-cylinder Accords are pretty bulletproof relative to other autos, best I can tell. I have 166,400 miles on mine, and it still shifts like it did when new. Couldn't say that about our Chryslers - they both needed one before the 36k mile warranty had expired! |
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