Originally posted by coolhandluke
I have a 95 accord ex coupe with almost 200,000 miles on it. Since the day I drive it off the new car lot it has given me no problems at all. I did not have any of the recomended service done at the honda dealer to me its a ripoff and I don't like when someone is ripping me off. Every 100,000 I get my ass screwed on the timing belt/waterpump steal a thon, and ever 3 years I get held up at the dealer ship b/c they choose to make the front rotors untouchable for anyone to do with out a press. They usually hold me up for around 600 bucks for new rotors then. Other than that my car runs like its brand new, handles like a dream, no noises
thats how a honda is supposed to run. I"m sure you changed oil every 3k miles as well.
Maintaining a car isnt that hard, you just gotta use common sense and dont take it to a dealer unless you need timing belt or pressed on rotors(i know all about that, i dont own my 96 anymore...my rotors were warped but it got totalled so i didnt have to change them....i'm sure glad i never changed them before the accident).
My car i'm SURE would have ran to 300+k miles because it was in superb condition, but it had only 100k miles on it when it was totalled. Oh well!
This is my first post in this thread and i agree with all the people that say that the service is a somewhat of a ripoff. There are a few preventive maintenance things i woudl pay somene to do and they are as follows.
1. Change brake fluid on an ABS system
2. Change timing belt
3. Change pressed on rotors(not really a preventive maintenance thing..but its something that inevitible you will need to do in the life of your car)
4. Adjust valve timing and clearance
Most of those i wouldnt do cuz i dont have that much experience in those areas. Tahts just my personal list..everyone elses is different. All other parts of the car are open game for me.
Dave