A man in the US has been given a brand new Honda Accord after clocking up a million miles - that's 1.6 million kilometres - on the odometer of his 1990 car. Former mechanic Joe Locicero was presented with the 2012 Honda at a parade in Maine after achieving the feat in a car he bought second hand in 1996. A Honda spokeswoman says it's the first time they've come across an Accord reaching one million miles.
I can Vouch for Hondas being bullet proof but this one has racked up 1.6million KMs on the original engine and transmission.
Getting a 21 year old sedan to reach a million miles is no ordinary feat, so how does he do it?
Check out Joe's million mile secrets for his 1990 Honda Accord:
1. Read and followed the owner's manual and maintenance schedule to the very last detail.
2. Meticulously check fluid levels on a weekly basis.
3. Switch engine oil seasonally: 10W-30 in summer and 5W-30 in winter.
4. Change engine oil every 5,000 miles.
5. Be loyal to the same oil brand and never let it go below a quart low.
6. Never let the fuel tank go to almost empty.
7. Use only Honda air, oil, and fuel filters.
8. Never ride heavy on the brakes.
9. Change brake fluid every few years.
10. Replaced the fuel pump, both cooling fans, and the radiator twice.
A man in the US has been given a brand new Honda Accord after clocking up a million miles - that's 1.6 million kilometres - on the odometer of his 1990 car. Former mechanic Joe Locicero was presented with the 2012 Honda at a parade in Maine after achieving the feat in a car he bought second hand in 1996. A Honda spokeswoman says it's the first time they've come across an Accord reaching one million miles.
I can Vouch for Hondas being bullet proof but this one has racked up 1.6million KMs on the original engine and transmission.
Getting a 21 year old sedan to reach a million miles is no ordinary feat, so how does he do it?
Check out Joe's million mile secrets for his 1990 Honda Accord:
1. Read and followed the owner's manual and maintenance schedule to the very last detail.
2. Meticulously check fluid levels on a weekly basis. 3. Switch engine oil seasonally: 10W-30 in summer and 5W-30 in winter. 4. Change engine oil every 5,000 miles.
5. Be loyal to the same oil brand and never let it go below a quart low.
6. Never let the fuel tank go to almost empty.
7. Use only Honda air, oil, and fuel filters.
8. Never ride heavy on the brakes.
9. Change brake fluid every few years.
10. Replaced the fuel pump, both cooling fans, and the radiator twice.
This ^
Its what I do.
though my 92 commy only has 135k on the engine so far. long way from 1.6Mkm
Though my highly abused (PO was a mega hoon) T5 manual tranny has 430k on it. 😁
Car itself has 238,200km
71 notchback,
Past owner of, 70 NB, 73 SB and 72 FB TLE
I run mine on 10w40 most of the time. The 15w40 that is spec'd by holden makes the lifters rattle their head off anything less than 15oc air temps.
I reserve the 15w40 for warm weather like now. The last engine I had ran on 20w50 and it had 190k on it, I recon it actually got valvetrain damage from just a year or 2 from the thicker oil. I can tell you right now that magnetec crap made it sound like a sledge hammer was smacking the cam lobs.
the later fords are the same but even more sensitive. thin oil is a must for them.
71 notchback,
Past owner of, 70 NB, 73 SB and 72 FB TLE
I remember reading bout that Vulva too, bet its not on the original engine though.
I was quite impressed that my bug still had the original engine with 369,000kms on when I bought it, original thermostat setup had something to do with that though.
Best mates 68 bug has clocked over 1million kms/600,000miles and that was nearly 10 years ago but its on engine number 3 which is starting to get pretty tired.
My exs little brother had an ex-taxi EF falcon with over 800k.
You needed earplugs to prevent permanent hearing damage from the gearbox and diff whining.
my notch engine is completely f**ked at 76,000 thanks to the removal of the thermostat and shop and back driving it did.
we had been given few years back a falcon 500 wagon that apparently did 1.2mil. It was very tired and could certainly see the miles in it.
I have seen a VS with 837,000 on it and still ran ok.
My best mate's VY has over 300,000 and it sound way better than my 135,000 vp engine and his has absolutely no signs of this many ks.
ecotec engine seem to last forever with little to no sign of tiring due to revised valve train compared to the early vn-vr 3800.
71 notchback,
Past owner of, 70 NB, 73 SB and 72 FB TLE
In the early 1990s there was some controversy between two VW drivers over who had the highest mileage Beetle. Tony Levy of the UK owned a split-window Beetle called 'Rattletrap' that went well over 800,000 miles (1,288,000 km). He used to have a regular column in Safer Motoring (later VW Motoring magazine). It went through at least five engines and was eventually wrecked in an accident.
Then there was Al Klein of Pasadena, California. His '63 appeared in a number of US magazines, passing 500,000 miles in the '70s and then 800,000 miles in the '80s. He did get a mention in the 1994 Guinness Book of Records: "The highest recorded mileage for a car was 1,442,044 authenticated miles (2,321,690 km) up to 25 Jan 1993 was for a 1963 Volkswagen Beetle owned by Albert Klein of Pasadena, CA." There was an article in VW Trends at that time about him and his car. VW of America presented him with a brand new VW Fox (a Brazilian Gol) in recognition of his achievement. I believe his '63 was later written off in an accident.
VW of America also recently located a Mk1 Golf (or Rabbit as they knew it) Diesel with over a million miles on it for the official ceremony to open their new Chattanooga factory.
I am not sure if the Guinness Book still lists highest mileage for cars, but last I checked the Volvo P1800 of Irv Gordon had the record with 2.9 million miles (4.67 million km).
Now lets calculate how many times the input shaft on his gearbox has turned 😂 better yet how many time the rollers in the bearings that support that shaft turned 🤪
71 notchback,
Past owner of, 70 NB, 73 SB and 72 FB TLE
