Originally Posted by maweitao

Where do you get that mileage figure from? Do you have statistics to back that up or did you just make it up?

I had a 1990 Pontiac Bonneville with 160,000 miles and it was running extremely well. It would still be running if it weren't for the drunk driver who hit me.

My mother had a Mercury Sable which had over 200,000 miles before we replaced it with another Sable which has over 185,000 miles and is still running well. Recently we replaced the water pump. Thats the one recurring problem we've found with the Sable.

My father had a Buick LeSabre which also was over 175,000 miles before we replaced it when my mother hit a deer. It was running well. We got another LeSabre which currently has over 170,000 miles and is running well. Its still smooth and quiet.

I dont remember the exact years for these cars, but they are all early to mid-90s models. And not one of them did we get rid of because they were no longer running. We've had virtually no problems with them.

My parents are pretty tough on the cars. My mother puts 30,000 - 40,000 miles a year on the cars and they often use them for hauling all types of things. Occassionally the cars go well over 10,000 miles before they get an oil change.

By no means do I want to detract from that Prelude hitting over 200,000 miles. Thats cool, and I'd like to see my Prelude go that far. But it does piss me off when people make uninformed statements.