Insane Reliability

[OldSkoolA20accord]

drove my hatch for about 25 miles with a blown radiator. put a new rad in at it was fine. then drove about 35 miles after it slung a rod

[griffonks]

I used to see a lot of 3gees in the junkyards because of leaking radiators, now it's because they were not maintained and wore out for lack of attention. The radiator in mine is out of a junker, brand new rad but they put it in too late, head gasket blew and they dumped it. I paid $25 for the new but previously installed radiator... what a find

[Edison Carasio]

My 3g I just bought has 192,000 miles yesterday. I went outside to brush snow off the 3g and my GD3 Fit. The 3g started up on the first try and it was in the single digits and had been snowing all night, and the car had been sitting for a week or so. I was surprised to see a carb'd car that old start right up. The previous owners dogged it out hard, so I've got alot of work ahead of me if I keep it. But to start up in single digit temps and snow with that many miles is a good sign I guess.

[Jareds 89 LX-i]

I'm at 395,600 something miles on my LX-i now.... original engine, original tranny, still runs like brand new and still rock solid reliable. A/C works too!



Just last weekend over Christmas, I (and my doggie Piglet) drove from Asheville, NC up to Decatur, Illinois to visit my dad for Christmas. It was about 1400 miles roundtrip, in some pretty nasty conditions once I got up there. Not only did it make it there and back without even a single hiccup, but on the way up I made it from Asheville, NC to Scottsburg, IN on one tank of gas... 402 miles, filled up with 12.5 gal = 31.8 MPG. Even saw 32.08 MPG on the way back after I got out from the insanely strong headwind I had for a couple hundred miles, lol







Rollin' right along, no problems! Still cruises perfectly smooth at any speed, although I usually keep it around 75-80 mph




My Co-Pilot... she always fogs up all the windows, lol


Gotta love Hondas!! My poor 3G is rusting out badly, but I still love her... she treats me so good

[paul]

My car sees 7k every day. I'd really hope your car is still running strong with 130k if mine is with over double the mileage.

I use mine solely as a commuter car, 38k+ miles/year; it's only performance requirement is that it keeps up with traffic.
Anyway, I just finished a 2,200+ round-trip to see family in St. Augustine, FL over the holidays.
Not too often the trip-od rolls over 999.9:


Flagler College in the background:


Typical road through Ocala Nat. Forrest (wonderful nothingness all around):