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My 93 Civic lasted 200k+ until it got stolen. My 99 Si has 130k miles and still going. The trick is to replace parts as soon as they go bad. Do the repair as soon as you notice it and try to use OEM parts where possible. It also seems that the less you mess with a car with aftermarket ****, the more they last.

93civiccoupe93

my had 284K on it, ended up leaving it behind a bar one night and some kids beat the sh** out of it and I junked it, but it ran well. Just matainience, timing belt & tensioner, water pump, and oil changes....lots of oil changes.

eghatch4sale

to be honest i would be more worried about the low mileage at the age then high mileage !!!!!!!!!!! i have owned several 300k PLUS hondas ....... these cars are well built and run forever as long as you maintain them

94EG8

There's a lot of truth to this. At this point if you find a '92 - '00 Civic with low mileage chances are good a lot of things are bad from sitting.

CFiannotti

Original owner '95 Civic Coupe DX. 265,000. Standard maintenance. 54 miles daily round trip to work. VSS or speedo is acting intermittent, so mileage may be higher.
HG went out at 260.000, installed used (130 K mile) D15B7. Had the usual Honda rear cancer repaired, so I will keep it.

JDM-sol 89

I've had multiple civics with over 200k miles, easy. My current 94 ex with original power steering, ac, etc. has 220k+ miles and I've made several trips to Florida and back from the northern part of Illinois. I would trust this car anywhere! I also had a DA with 240k miles that was turbo charged and I still see it driving around today from when I sold it over a year ago.

fungus mungus

285K on mine before I pulled the original D15B7 for a GSR swap. That motor has found a new home in a '92 sedan. It had 180 compression all the way around and didn't burn or leak a drop of oil. My car now has about 315k on it and the chassis is fine.

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ken9

I have over 300 000 on my HONDA CIVIC and still running o.k.. THe body isn't so good thought...

93HondaDelSolSi

one of the service writers here at our local honda dealership had a 90 civic hatch come in and video taped it rolling over to 1,000,000 miles. The owner of the car was a high mileage courier.

HECTIC

^^^^^^^^proof. Where is it?

Red_Army

did you miss the 940 one on the page before? if it made 940k i imagine the extra 60 isn't pushing its luck.

dragonxiong88

I've driven a ton of high mileage cars in my life and I can tell you that Honda's in general, if taken care of, will last forever.

My previous cars were: EG Civic EX @ 186k, Accord LX @ 167k, Legend LS @ 326k, EK Civic Hatch DX @ 126k and my current DD (Del Sol Si) is at 250k...all were running fine (except the Acura Legend which blew the headgaskets at 326,000 miles).

Honda (and some older toyotas) are the only cars that I would even consider picking up at any mileage, as long as it was taken care of.

sde780

My dad's 98 civic had 25k in 2007, we moved from Hawaii and took the car with us. Now has 80k and I just did the timing belt, only thing that's gone bad is a/c compressor and muffler.

They didn't make a coupe for '89

crk112

I've got the same car you do.. D16Y8 engine.. 243,500mi on it. I just started a minor overhaul on it this past weekend.. The timing belt has never been replaced as far as I know so I figured while I'm in there doing it... i'll do the water pump, tensioner, head (valves and all), rings, and bearings.

Mine got itself a hole in the exhaust manifold so that's getting replaced too.

Just had to replace the ICM as I was having the problem of the car quitting while driving. That fixed the problem.

lol even though it's been said in virtually every other response here... if you take care of it then it will take care of you. I'm only 26 but I plan to own this car til I die!!!

Curtis

92_civic

93 civic SI, original D16z6, bone stock 428,000...overhaul at 420k (new rings, bearings, valve seals, hg, etc) owned since less than 100k, haven't done anything other than tune ups, tbelts, and brakes...I've spent MAYBE 700$ on this car in the last 9 years as far as maintenance goes...and I beat the sh*t out of this poor thing, I've used it to tow dodge ram 3500's (the looks from ppl on the side of the road are awesome, clutch slipped like hell in 3rd tho) (still has the OEM honda pressure plate, I've only replaced the friction disk once)

just do your oil changes, tune ups and timing belts like your supposed to and it'll run forever, that and I still put 93 octane in the car whenever I can, I dont think the car has seen anything less than 91 since I've owned it, and I think that helps

anything will run forever if you take care of it though, hell I've got a 2002 Dodge Caravan with 493,000 on the original motor and original transmission, never even had the valve covers off

95egianp

My friends 95 Accord ex is sitting at 425,000 km right now. Can still go 190 km/h and doesn't burn oil.

TwoFaced

Didn't know that...I'll double check...this was when I was 13 and paid no attention to cars, much less hondas. It did fuel my love for hondas remembering his 1 million mile civic when I became interested in cars. I'll check and see if I can find the polaroid of it.

limperatlinks

96 Ex Coupe, got the car at 120k 4 years later had 200k, about that time (last june) input shaft bearing was making alot of noise, and the engine was burning a qt every 500 miles, I took good care, but at the sametime beat on it daily, for about 2k threw a b18c1 in out of a 01 gsr. Plan on keeping the car forever, with one kid and another on the way, its time to get a new Si sedan, so I can really do what i want to the coupe!

SiRCiviC94

the headgaskets go upwards of 200k. im at 305k d16y7 and it purs great! I beat on it to get around quickly burns zero oil and the tranny bangs perfectly with its syncromesh oil

bay.kid

my 95 has 102k
and my integra has 223k still running perfect

NotAJDMFanBoy

I talked to someone at a local Honda dealership and he denied having had anyone complain about this issue. Maybe he was full of it, or maybe for the average driver, maintaining a sufficient film of oil under normal driving conditions isn't an issue. I think it's probably more in the performance world where people rev them really high and under more load, there just isn't enough lubrication.

The Z6, A6, A1, basically anything prior to the 1996 D series engines were designed better.

NotAJDMFanBoy

Timing belt changes are critical, and oil regular maintenance.
Bearings aren't really a wear item, the bearings float on a coat of oil. The rings are a wear item though, as well as the valve stem seals.

Nate 99EX CIVIC

I'm gonna go ahead and say that this guy is suicidal. lmao. but yea my uncle has a 88 civic which has been from Mass to Cali 3 times and has 400,000 miles+ . its name is Ralph and it still runs. i love driving it lol

96EXdirtBEAST

A decade late but gotta add my stats
1996 Civic Ex 5speed
343,000mi and counting
2 rack and pinions
countless CV joints and tie rods
2 power steering pumps
2 starters
Never cared about maintaining it till I realized how tough she was...now I'm curious to see how many more miles she goes. I'm treating her right now but have 13yrs of maintenance to catch up on

sushibar

1996 Civic Hatchback EK3 - D15Z6 VTEC-E - Manual 5speed
Full Stock
320,000km.
Body is in good condition
Engine running great no problem.
Cold start without a problem

1 Steering Rack change
Both Tie rods changed once
4 Suspensions OEM change
1 Radiator Change
Both driveshafts changed one

Input shaft bearing of S40 model is failing. So car is at rest waiting for his new S40 transmission in good condition bought 100Euros.

Same context as the post before mine. Never cared really much about maintenance before i realized how loyal this car have been to me. And how much i saved in money by not buying a new car.

This is the only car i drove in 10 years of driving. And im not planning to replace it anytime soon.

Thats why i have this account made, to know my car fully to repaid her back.