i remeber my parents talking about really reliable cars and they metioned a car named the K car and how reliable it was i think the 1989 Dodge Aries is one of them. well i think we have the new k car... 1990 honda accord, i been hearing story about how people put 220k on it and it running with no problem, curently i have 192k on mines and it runs like yesterday.
what u guys think, should it be inducted into the reliable car hall of fame?


Modified by coolrace05 at 6:42 PM 11/2/2005

 

no my friend drives for a living and he has 260k on his 94 ex,,,, that is ok though 200k is a good mark,,, just brakin it in

 

a 5th gen just recently hit the 1,000,000 mile mark...and it wasnt the first F motor do to so

 

OMG holly **** 1 mill damn thats ******* crazy i love hondas

 

do you know how or what I need to do to turbo my 90 honda but it has a 94 f22 head on it?

 

If anyone should equate an Accord (of any year) to a Chrysler K Car, I would expect them by the pool, performing ritual suicide. Only the YUGO had a worst reputation as a throw-away car.
Ask any Chrysler/Dodge/Plymouth mechanic with some gray hairs about K cars; and they'll regale you with stories of head gasket failures and other silly issues these cars presented for years. Techs retired from the wages they made working on those things!

 

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just JB weld everything

 

If you indeed have an F22 head on it from a '94 accord, then you should be able to fit a kit on it for the "94-97 Accords.

P

 

Damn i came in here expecting to see a 90' accord with a k-series motor...

 

my 96 hatch currently has 209k on it and runs perfect. as long as the regulary schedualed mantaince is done honda motors will outlast their bodys.

 

even if you kick the **** out of them they last longer than a ******* gmc or ford has any one seen the video of the honda civic, in like russa or somthing, and they run it with out oil and then burn the tires for ten mins then they put h2o in and burned the tires some more,,, it finaly blew up and after like 2 days of this


hondas rock

 

maan... that's why i'm proud of being owner of one car made by the best car company in the world!!! Honda is great!!!

I mean... a lot of people talk about how nissans are powerfull and how hondas are slow and stuff... but... ...why would i want a nissan with a lot of horsepower when it can only reach 150k miles and then its a piece of junk... I just rather have a honda or acura no matter what.... .....nissans suck, hondas RULE!!!

Peace!

 

lol i recently sold my 91 accord with 276k on it. sad part is i miss it, that thing still ran great it just had a bunch of little problems. Oh well, got a 97 accord for free.

 

Please don't compare a Honda to a K-car. Those things were really cheap (made, I mean) serious rattling. No offense intended.

 

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Seriously, the K car's were not exactly a high point in Mopar history! They are basically the exact opposite of the accord with regards to reliability and build quality.

 

i have 225k, runs better then my sentra w/120k.. a LOT better lol

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by hondabum4life &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">even if you kick the **** out of them they last longer than a ******* gmc or ford has any one seen the video of the honda civic, in like russa or somthing, and they run it with out oil and then burn the tires for ten mins then they put h2o in and burned the tires some more,,, it finaly blew up and after like 2 days of this


hondas rock </TD></TR></TABLE>
We attemped the same thing on a 96 civic hatch with 210k on it. Filled the oil with bleach, ran the **** outta it, put rocks in the oil, threw **** in the intake mani while running. A lot of fun things, and it still ran like a champ when we swaped in the b series.

 

thats what i was saying,,, you can kick the **** out of your honda and it just gets up and asks for more but damn bleach is prob. more harmfull than water what did you do with the civic block after you put that **** in it ,,,, did you sell it to some fool

 

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We sold it to a ricer for 50 bucks.

 

flame me.. go ahead.. i'm ready. i have to make somewhat of a defense for domestics and longevity.

i have 210,000 on my old 5.0 and it still doesnt burn oil and will absolutely fry the tires 1-2 and bark 3rd..i got it when it had 140000 and ravaged it constantly for over 3 years..
i will say,though, that the car's electrical system is total garbage and the engine is now in another mustang w/the original junked.
AND i know another guy who has been hitting his stock 5.0 w/a 100 shot of nitrous for 2 years and hes gettin near 240,000.

my rents had an 81 escort 5 spd that went 28XXXX b4 it died.

and we had a crysler 5th avenue w/the 318 that had 23XXXX b4 we sold it. ran great too,we just needed somethin in better shape.

and i was recently part of a swap of some impala that had a 4.3 w/32XXXX.. and the car itself (body/interior was still in good shape.

and im not not dissing honda because i know that the above mentioned cars are probably not ordinary and that honda's historically will last longer.. but unless you get a lemon or its just an absolute piece or crap, it'll last. regular and religious maintenance will keep your car running!!
and as i final note.. i do have a friend that has an 91 SI civic hatch that was burning a quart of oil every 250 miles and it only had 174XXX on it.. but it still got 34 mpg go figure.

damn im wordy..i apologize for such a long post

 

My accord had 296k before someone hit it. I win!

 

if this thread was in GDD or kills, you would all be getting destroyed.

 

my 92 accord has 210,712 miles on it originel motor nothing major done to it ex. no head gaskets kept the maint. up, 2nd transmission though 1 yr of raping the **** out of it will get you that i tore the shift linkaGE off the trans. itself you could see the gears from where the liinkage was, pulld the speed sensor out with my hand instead of unbolthin it but it still runs like a champ