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• Anonymous

  Considering the amount of salt on northern New England roads, I’m amazed it didn’t rust out on him prior to reaching this milestone.

• Anonymous

  That is awesome. Honda should be contacted and put him in a commercial…cool

• http://www.facebook.com/people/Todd-Foster/686645014 Todd Foster

  They gave him a brand new Accord.

• Anonymous

  He must wash it often in the winter.

• Anonymous

  The key is this : has maintained it through the years using only Honda-approved parts.

• Anonymous

  Sad that more and more stories in the BDN are starting to sound like press releases being regurgitated. (See yesterday http://bangordailynews.com/2011/10/22/living/winning-couple-exchanges-vows-in-real-maine-wedding-of-the-year/ )  Is that what happens when you have to lay off so much staff?

• Anonymous

  Watch the you tube video at the top of the article. That’s a very slicky produced piece by Honda with a link to the Honda website.

• http://www.tohic.com Matthew

  Not just that,  but as someone who knows cars and works on them, he’s more likely to make sure it gets proper maintinance.  How many of us actually have our cars maintained to factory specs?    and how many of us just bring them in for the big ones at 10k 25k etc?

• Anonymous

  What an irritating article…tell us how he accomplished that!

• waynorth1

  Had two Accords, loved both. 

• Anonymous

  he got in the car, put the key in the ignition, turned it one quarter turn, put the vehicle in drive and applied pressure to the gas pedal ;) i can be a smrtypnts too!

• Anonymous

  I am impressed a person driving close to 60,000 miles a year had time to maintain anything!

• ReasonWillTriumph

  Honda and Toyota: what US auto manufacturers should strive to be.

• Buzlno

  Ya, like pistons, engine transmission and wheel bearings, etc.  As long as it’s the original block, head and transmission case, all the innards could be replaced 3 times over an still be called “original”. There’s an article about an old Volvo (not here) with the same mileage, but had it’s drivetrain rebuilt twice.

• Anonymous

  My 19 year old daughter has a 19 year old Honda Civic, other then replacing brakes and tires that car has run perfect for her over the last 3 years…..hopefully we can get just as many miles out of hers, as he has his!

• Anonymous

  I had no idea so much snow had fallen in Bangor already.

• clamcove

  How could anyone drive that many miles a year, ave. 60k? Does he live in it?

• http://twitter.com/TheGuardianMH The Guardian

  What amazes me the most is —— that it survived Maine potholed roads. 

• Alykins

  I’m not surprised! I love my Honda. When I turned 16, I got the little red Honda Civic that we had since I was 3. My older brother had worn it almost into the ground before I got it, but I still managed to top 300,000 before some major problem with the axle. Now I have a Honda hatchback with only 168,000 on it, with a long life ahead of it!

  And yeah, I’m surprised the car didn’t rust apart leaving only the engine :P Rust is what gets a Honda.

• Anonymous

  He must wash it often or drive out of state a lot. Also, there’s no saying how many engine and transmission overhauls the car has had and how much money was pumped to keep it going.

• Anonymous

  He had the car jacked up all night long and running while he was sleeping.

• Anonymous

  I caught about 1/2 of the story on WLBZ last night.  The guy said he drives about 14K miles a month, in Maine.

• Anonymous

  And don’t forget Subaru!

• http://twitter.com/joncob Jon Coburn

  you rock the deuce

• Anonymous

  How did he ever beat the rust? I do everything to try and stay ahead of the corrosion. Fluid Film, Chassis Saver and under side washing (I have a lift too) and I still can’t keep the underside from slowly getting ahead of me, albeit I do extend the life by a large margin. Unibody, full frame, whatever. And Honda usually don’t care for the chemicals either and succumb to them as well. The stuff they are using on the roads is brutal. I don’t park my winter car in the garage because the one time that I did, where it dripped onto the concrete, the concrete surface is now pock marked with small divots where it dripped. Imagine that. That this Honda is still sitting there is a miracle. I have seen 2005 vehicles that are well on their way to rust heaven. 

• Anonymous

  I wonder what the company will do with the old Honda? It makes for an impressive ad.

• Anonymous

  There is a longer article in the Portland Press Herald.  He claims its the original engine/tranny, though he tour apart and rebuilt the engine once.

• Anonymous

  VW!……….. My 1983, diesel rabbit  hatchback is approaching 200,000. miles. The  1981 VW diesel truck I had before, did reach 300,000. But yes rust was a serious problem. I was in
  Portland & they use a LOT of salt there. Downeast we just use rocks. Windshield replacement is more a problem than rust. I KNOW it doesn’t reach his mileage but @ 50 mi per gal not bad for a 29 YEAR OLD CAR! MAYBE I SHOULD TAKE A COURSE IN MECHANICS . and try for a new car from VW eventually

• Anonymous

  There are multiple documented cases of GM and Ford vehicles with over 1,000,000 miles.  This is the first Honda.  

• http://pulse.yahoo.com/_L4HN75W2CVMDCTEO26HUVZVOTI Hhhh

  chevys-Fords-Dodge  trucks and vehicles= junk boxes

• PaulNotBunyan

  US manufacturers do strive to have the same labor costs. That’s the primary reason they lose sales to the imports.

• Anonymous

  I’m impressed.  I put 386,000 on my ’96 Accord.  Great car, if I had put some bucks into it at 275-300 K, I might have made 500,ooo.  What eventually got it to the point where I decided to junk it was the electrical systems beginning to fail, plus the radiator being pretty well gone.  A new radiator is one thing, but the wiring gets hard to deal with after awhile.  Still handled great!

• acadiashores

  I am on my third Honda.  I got my first one, used, from my mom when I got my license  18 years ago.  It was a 1987 Civic. She bought a new one, a 1992 Civic.  I drove that one for several years and then mom decided she wanted a bigger car..a Dodge Intrepid and then I inherited my mom’s second Honda. They were both going strong long after my mom’s Dodge died.  In 2002 I traded in the Civic for a Dodge Neon…which was a fun car but it wasn’t nearly as good as the Hondas.  In 2006 I bought a new Honda CR-V and I am still driving it.  I am a huge lover of all things Honda.  I’d buy a new CR-V but they made them look too….round for my taste :(

• Anonymous

  I don’t know what this guy does for a living but he probably just sold a bunch of Hondas.

• Anonymous

  I’m most impressed with your track record!

• Anonymous

  I guess as long as you’re happy driving one of these that’s great.  Lot’s of people wouldn’t be caught dead (or alive) driving in a tin can like that.  To each his own.  I buy and drive American and always have had great reliability with my cars.  200,ooo miles plus easily.

• Anonymous

  I had a 2003 Honda, it kept rusting out by the wheel well, I was told even the new Honda’s did that.  The heater went in it last winter, that wasn’t fun!! Finally traded it in the spring for a 2010 Jeep and I love it!!

• Anonymous

  I ride a Honda Shadow motorcycle…with 58,500 miles on it over ten years.  This year was the first time I had to replace ANYTHING (other than tires, brake-pads, and the chain…all wearable-parts)…What did I replace?  An $8 horn, which failed.
   
  After 58,500 miles, my $5,995 expense ten years ago has netted me ten years of joy, at a cost of 10.25 cents per mile ridden.Honda, you’re #1 in my book.

• Anonymous

  I have to admit that it seems like the BDN’s idea of “research” lately seems to be looking up Facebook pages for people mentioned in their stories and citing those as “sources.”

• Anonymous

  I see you are named “Clamcove”, so I’m guessing your in Rockport or Rockland…I drive an hour every day to get to work, an hour home, and sometimes use my motorcycle.  In the last year, I’ve put 43,000 miles on my car, and 6,500 on my motorcycle, a total of 49,500 miles…it’s not hard fo rme to imagine how someone could drive 60,000 miles a year, if they do any real driving for work, or travel for family, etc…

• Anonymous

  If you had watched the video, you would know that it was produced last winter in anticipation of the millionth mile.

• Anonymous

  That’s what the video is.

• chris sawyer

  my 97 subaru legacy is still going strong at 273,000 with no rust

• dan

  My ford had over 500,000 -

• dan

  I have over 500,000 on my ford – and still the original engine, tranny and so on – all with NO rebuild of the engine or tranny.

• Anonymous

  Being American, I like to buy American if I can.  And, I have had American vehicles and Japanese vehicles. I have to say, (and I hate to) but I think the Japs build a better toy. I own a Nissan 4X4 pickup that I bought new in 1990. I drove that truck on the road for 15 years, put just over 200,000 miles on it before taking it off the road. I still use it today for a plow/yard truck. The only mechanical problem I had in those first 15 years other than normal wear items was the fuel pump. Not bad for all those years. The box has rotted, and it’s got a wood one on it, but I was using it the other day to move some firewood, and it still runs like a top. I replaced that truck with a Chevy 4X4. Because, I wanted an American made truck, and I wanted a full sizeone  for more cargo space. I have had to put more money into Chevy parts in the last six years than I ever did in that Nissan. My next truck will be another Nissan now that they make a full size model.

• http://pulse.yahoo.com/_VI5WTVDOQEX4M6UAEVBC7GROOQ Kelly

  Car looks pretty good to me…highest I’ve seen is around 300K.  Awesome they gave him a new one for his loyalty through the years!

• Anonymous

  How and why is this even news?

• http://pulse.yahoo.com/_57C3XJX5VALK7UV27IFLFVB764 Scott

  Wow, my wife and I share one car and we hardly put 7000 miles on it this past year.

• http://twitter.com/RichieJ75 Joel Richards

  Why, because one guy claims his car went a million miles? How many rebuilds has he done, how many original parts are still on the car? I know full well my last work truck could have reached 1 million miles, but it just simply wasn’t worth the investment to keep it running. 

• http://twitter.com/RichieJ75 Joel Richards

  Because the Left wing media wants to take another dump on American workers and products

• Anonymous

  Tell me about it…my wife does an hour drive to work, in the exact opposite direction, doing about the same number of miles every year.  *sigh*