300,000 Miles, and Showroom Clean...

[Alexia]

Last I checked, oil changes are due based on mileage OR time. 3,000 miles is 3,000 miles whether you put it on in 3 days or 3 months.

My next oil change is due in 10,000 miles/1 year and my last cost me $20 with thirty minutes of my time included.



If you know, what kind of oil are they using for your changes? Regular old oil, hydrocracked/GROUP 3 hydroprocessed, or full synthetic? If they are using regular old oil I would completely understand the need for such a short interval.



Also, what oil filter do they use?

[Accumulator]

On a cost-per-mile basis, keeping this car on the road doesn`t hurt my pocketbook any more than getting a new car every few years would. Plus this car`s still got more style and class than a lot of what`s on today`s showrooms IMO...

Yeah, and some of us think it`s just plain cool to keep a vehicle for a long, long time

.. I`d love to see other examples of people who have achieved this kind of longevity, but it`s just not that common...

Yeah, unfortunately it seems that most cars eventually have some problem that the owner doesn`t want to deal with properly and it`s downhill from there.

[connorb850]

...Plus this car`s still got more style and class than a lot of what`s on today`s showrooms...

I agree, they really are nice looking cars. You need to put some more miles on the sedan, its barely broken in!



I`m curious, what is your driving style? Are you a "spirited" driver or really easy on the car?

[lbls1]

Much respect to your for maintaining this car at this level and for that many miles. Keep on changing the oil and regularly maintaining the parts; You have been rewarded for your efforts. So many 75-100,000 mile cars are nowhere near in this condition.



My aim is to have my cars maintained at this level of care!! Well done!

[Danspeed1]

On a cost-per-mile basis, keeping this car on the road doesn`t hurt my pocketbook any more than getting a new car every few years would. Plus this car`s still got more style and class than a lot of what`s on today`s showrooms IMO. Very few of my maintenance items have been non-routine. I`d love to see other examples of people who have achieved this kind of longevity, but it`s just not that common.



Last I checked, oil changes are due based on mileage OR time. 3,000 miles is 3,000 miles whether you put it on in 3 days or 3 months.

Glad this topic popped up...



I run my 95 Chevy Monte Carlo on Castrol Syntec 5w-30, and change the oil every 5K Miles.



This was the view from the drive seat last night -->







I`m going to work on catching up to you.



DG

[topnotchtouch]

I`d love to see other examples of people who have achieved this kind of longevity, but it`s just not that common.

While my Mustang has nowhere near the miles your Acura does, I am working on it. I currently have 122,000 miles on it.







I do ALL my own maintenance though, she has NEVER been to any kind of shop for anything other than new tires and alignments.



For oil I generally use Mobil 1 Extended Performance 5W-30 and either a Mobil 1 Extended Performance filter or a Motorcraft filter. My intervals go anywhere from 5,000 to 7,500. I can`t find my latest analysis right now but even at 7,500 the TBN on Mobil 1 is always between 1.0 and 2.0 even at 7,500 mile intervals.



The only repairs I have had to make other than normal wear items are a new alternator early on and a new idle air control valve. I did both of those.

[BigAl3]

any updates, and how is she running?

[Rob Tomlin]

Wow, I just realized that this thread has over 21,000 views!

[vtec92civic]

wow. i`m speachless. it looks like a brand new car!

[Leadfootluke]

Just went and viewed the original post.



WOW! Well kept!

[FastEddysDetail]

That is amazing!! You sir are the man:2thumbs:

[Superior Shine]

How did I miss this thread! AWESOME!!

[imported_FMINUS]

GEEEEZ man, thats simply amazing.....

[cptzippy]

any updates, and how is she running?

He just posted a 402,000 mile thread that lead everybody looking back at this one. Still looks amazing.