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Dallas resident says she has 500,000 miles on her Honda

 

Hmm, 400 miles a day is alot. I drive that but not in my Fit, in a work van.

 

Wow! I'm curious what's been replaced? The car still looks great if that's the actual car.

 

I have 425,000 on my 07. 2nd owner (@39k). Changed ac compressor (200k), alternator and original belt (400k), 4 coils (200k), cv joints (unnecessary repair at 380k due to misdiagnosis of front end noise) turns out it was sway bar links (380k but had been rattling since about 240k). Ac relay (425k)
still have the original clutch in it 5 spd. Did the valve adjustment at 200k. Best $10k I’ve ever spent on a car. I religiously change the oil between 3-5k. I use about a quart in between changes.

 

Link says, "Not Found".

 

Article is from 11 years ago lol. Thankfully it's on the wayback machine, not much detail though:https://web.archive.org/web/20131221...er-honda.html/
I don't get how you can drive that much every day, even as a courier.

 

I have seen posts from people who make long distance deliveries of small specialized items which have to get to a destination quickly.

 

My 2015 just turned 104,000 miles.

 

In my opinion, you are getting into a project buying any car after about 15-20 years old. It doesn't matter how well it has been maintained up to that point as the plastic and rubber will be getting brittle and harder respectively. I;m a single owner of a 2009 with 115,000 miles. Most of the miles are highway. Oil changes have been with quality full synthetic and quality oil filters every 5000 miles. I do every bit of maintenance on time.

Still, there are some issues. The roof leaked, so I had to pull off all the roof trim and replace all of the seam sealer. My engine is using some oil between oil changes. I can't find any leaks, and there is no smoke, but it probably uses one-third of a quart every 5000 miles. That's most likely just old valve seals. Maybe one day I'll try some AT-205 if it ever gets to using more. The struts are starting to allow tire rub on extreme turning, so that's $500 for decent replacements. The clutch still isn't slipping, but that will probably need a little TLC in the next few years.

None of this is complaining. This is by far the most reliable vehicle I've ever owned, but just know that once about 15 years and 150,000 miles pops up, there's going to be a lot that might need to be freshened up if you don't want it to turn into a pile of shit. The Fit is a very simple car, and it's a decent learning platform to learn how to buy an older car and "baseline" it back to OE condition.

Lol. Just saw this is a very old resurrected post.

 

400 miles a day? That would normally kill a person, especially with the standard Fit seats.

 

I'd be most concerned about the sedentary lifestyle. I hope that person gets some exercise away from work! Even people with a desk job can get up and walk around a few times an hour.