clickagent75 Posted September 7, 2006 Share Posted September 7, 2006 Hi, I'm about to purchase my first commuter vehicle. My wife and I have been suffering with only one car (CR-V) and we've had it! So we're biting the bullet to buy a second car. Obviously a honda is my first choice. I'm looking to purchase a used car, but I'm not sure how old is too old or how many KMs (I'm from Canada) is too high. What's the highest mileage you've heard for a Civic? Or any honda for that matter? The cars I'm looking at have just under 100,000 Kms...trying to figure out how many good years I can get out of this kind of car. Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bensta Posted September 7, 2006 Share Posted September 7, 2006 my friends teggy had 495k on it befure he swapped it his other civic (88 hatch) had like 480k on it, and he blew it up though, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XHonda4LifeX Posted September 8, 2006 Share Posted September 8, 2006 myn was runnin fine after 200K until i "tried to blow it" ya kno high revs low oil so yea i was jus gittin ready for this swap Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
not_all_motor_civic94 Posted September 8, 2006 Share Posted September 8, 2006 my 94 coupe had 320 and it was still runnin hard before i swapped it i still have it for back up...lol which after a bseries im sure i will never drive a d16 car again Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
90Tegtyper Posted September 8, 2006 Share Posted September 8, 2006 my 94 coupe had 320 and it was still runnin hard before i swapped it i still have it for back up...lol which after a bseries im sure i will never drive a d16 car again My integra has 295k stock motor, and just passed deq today Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sohcVTEC-E Posted September 8, 2006 Share Posted September 8, 2006 108,000 on the old D16. I just change the oil regularly with AMSoil (best you can get, don't argue because you know I'm right) and keep up on maintenance and she'll last forever. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CleanGSR Posted September 8, 2006 Share Posted September 8, 2006 If properly maintained a honda will easily hit over 250,000 miles. There's even a million mile honda accord out there somewhere. Never seen that (at least reported) with any other manufacturer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b16a1CRXSiR Posted September 8, 2006 Share Posted September 8, 2006 If properly maintained a honda will easily hit over 250,000 miles. There's even a million mile honda accord out there somewhere. Never seen that (at least reported) with any other manufacturer. Yea, my next door neighborish - lol lives in the same neighborhood, had a 88 model civic wagon... i believe it had 700k miles on it. i was like WHOA. this car was bone stock. i think it blew the head gasket tho around 716k. and it was from lack of oil. but yea, it'll last "forever" if maintained properly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VR17 Posted September 8, 2006 Share Posted September 8, 2006 well, any car can last 250000+, with just taking care of the car, before buying, i would suggest a carfax, simple maintence takes care of cars, all these hondas that last are probaly well taken care of, you get a 95 civic auto and it has problems at 90k, its gonna last, but it'l have problems and youl probaly cough up more. ive seen people do some really stupid stuff, if you decide to buy a used civic, a good year civic would probaly be 98 and up, its 8 years older, most of the 98s and up have little around 60000-100000 miles on, not sure whats that in km. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clickagent75 Posted September 8, 2006 Author Share Posted September 8, 2006 Thanks! I'm scoping out '02-'03 civics with under 100K (not sure what that is in miles) on them. So it sounds like as long as I keep on top of things and don't buy a lemon I'm good for about a kajillion KMs! MY CRV is about 4yrs old with about 90K on it and it still runs like new! Sounds like it takes quite a while before Honda's show their age mechanically...unlike GMs or Fords. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Humphries Posted September 8, 2006 Share Posted September 8, 2006 the most mileage ever on a honda was a 94 accord with a million and eighty miles on it. tokyo honda museum traded a 05 NSX for it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cranny Posted September 9, 2006 Share Posted September 9, 2006 (edited) mine 91 civic had 430,000k on it , still ran strong , i sold it to a young guy who now races it in thunderclass circuit(sohc only , must run 70 series tires). he put it in the wall halfway through last year , fixed it and its still running strong , lol. to give you an idea of what kind of racing this is , its oval racing , they dont get out of 2nd gear. its like 1/8 mile oval. Edited September 9, 2006 by cranny Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wannaBstuntin Posted September 9, 2006 Share Posted September 9, 2006 This is amazing. I was thinking my 01 civic had a lot of miles on it at 162K when I bought it (but with a ~40K mile engine), and now I realize it's just a baby. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Verbal Killa Posted September 9, 2006 Share Posted September 9, 2006 ^^Not really. alot of people sell theres hondas before it hits 150k. I dont even kno how many miles my engine gots. the meter got turned off. lmao. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Humphries Posted September 9, 2006 Share Posted September 9, 2006 your engine ''gots''. haha. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lil.nate Posted September 11, 2006 Share Posted September 11, 2006 im pretty damn new and i heared the word swap alot on this thread and many others.....what is it excatly....just putting a new motor in the old car??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sohcVTEC-E Posted September 11, 2006 Share Posted September 11, 2006 im pretty damn new and i heared the word swap alot on this thread and many others.....what is it excatly....just putting a new motor in the old car??? Basically... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arkhos99 Posted September 13, 2006 Share Posted September 13, 2006 i have a 90 civic si hatchback, and i only got 126k on it or so.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian3311 Posted September 16, 2006 Share Posted September 16, 2006 the most mileage ever on a honda was a 94 accord with a million and eighty miles on it. tokyo honda museum traded a 05 NSX for it. they make an 05 nsx? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VR17 Posted September 16, 2006 Share Posted September 16, 2006 they make an 05 nsx? think that will be the last of the nsx till 2010 with the v10 nsx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CBRWildChild Posted October 8, 2006 Share Posted October 8, 2006 think that will be the last of the nsx till 2010 with the v10 nsx mmmm yummy...v10 now that would be an excellent swap:D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spyder_Si Posted October 8, 2006 Share Posted October 8, 2006 my car is a 2000 Si and i have 142k on it and still runs as strong as when i bought it. And i redline the hell out of the car. Take care of it and itll last along time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Humphries Posted October 8, 2006 Share Posted October 8, 2006 i have a 2000 si with 205,900 miles. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xxscaxx Posted October 8, 2006 Share Posted October 8, 2006 any car can last as long as you take care of it. my dads old chrysler van had over 400,000 miles on it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CBRWildChild Posted October 8, 2006 Share Posted October 8, 2006 my 93 Civic EX has 192k on it and i still redline it too... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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