Sooo depressing............
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Oh wow!
I dread this day myself...I'm at almost 86k and soon will be depressed like you. Hang in there, at least these cars are super reliable and you will have several hundreds of thousands more trouble free driving miles ahead to enjoy:wink:
I dread this day myself...I'm at almost 86k and soon will be depressed like you. Hang in there, at least these cars are super reliable and you will have several hundreds of thousands more trouble free driving miles ahead to enjoy:wink:Honestly,
I wouldn't sweat it. There are many posts here on Prime of folks with significantly more miles and have no issues. As many have posted, these cars are put together like nothing else.
When mine rolled 100K, I remember the car did something that freaked me out. Just as I noticed 100,000, I grinned and thought, "This is nice! The car feels like it only has 10,000." Then at 100,001, the speedometer started to bounce all over the place. My next thought was "Crap!". After making it home, I checked on Prime and it turned out my Speed sensor had failed. After a quick replacement, all is sane again.
Continue to enjoy your car and don't think about the mileage. On these cars it doesn't seem to matter. In fact, I think the odometer merely quantifies how much the owner loves driving it.
I wouldn't sweat it. There are many posts here on Prime of folks with significantly more miles and have no issues. As many have posted, these cars are put together like nothing else.
When mine rolled 100K, I remember the car did something that freaked me out. Just as I noticed 100,000, I grinned and thought, "This is nice! The car feels like it only has 10,000." Then at 100,001, the speedometer started to bounce all over the place. My next thought was "Crap!". After making it home, I checked on Prime and it turned out my Speed sensor had failed. After a quick replacement, all is sane again.
Continue to enjoy your car and don't think about the mileage. On these cars it doesn't seem to matter. In fact, I think the odometer merely quantifies how much the owner loves driving it.
if it's that depressing then sell it to me and I'll take care of it :tongue:
Seeing 6 figures is a milestone though especially when you've had the car for a long time. But now you just have to wait until you hit the 200k mark.
Seeing 6 figures is a milestone though especially when you've had the car for a long time. But now you just have to wait until you hit the 200k mark.
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Oh yeah, its crazy hitting that 100k mark. I'm at about 103k now
At first, seeing 6 digits on the odometer sucks! However, look at it this way. You are 100k miles away from 200k. She is still very very young. Don't let it change a thing. Mine just hit 103k and looks as good as it did when I first got her 6 years ago at 50k.
Do you think a post like this ever happens on a Ferrari forum? ha ha
Enjoy!
Do you think a post like this ever happens on a Ferrari forum? ha ha
Enjoy!
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149K here and still climbing. Granted I have had it for 7 yrs now but I have slowed down driving it over the years. I use to drive it as my DD for a while. I bought it with 80k miles.
enjoy yours!!
enjoy yours!!
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mine is at 118K and climbing there was a guy on here that had 450,000KM
and another with 350,000M
these cars are built like no other,
just on more OHHHHH ooooooooHHHHHH
when some one ask how many miles are on it
you tell them
and they say "no-way really looks brand new".
just change the oil every month like me. no-matter how many miles i put on it I change the oil every month.
and wash it every other day when the weather permits. and WAX it once a week.
when i first got it i waxed it every morning before work. just so it would look its best. that wore off about 2 months into ownership.
Black cars are the worse tring to keep clean. I mean your done waxing it and you put all your stuff away and look back at it and a dust storm just made it dirty again. arrrggg its a never ending battle. but one battle i enjoy
and another with 350,000M
these cars are built like no other,
just on more OHHHHH ooooooooHHHHHH
when some one ask how many miles are on it
you tell them
and they say "no-way really looks brand new".
just change the oil every month like me. no-matter how many miles i put on it I change the oil every month.
and wash it every other day when the weather permits. and WAX it once a week.
when i first got it i waxed it every morning before work. just so it would look its best. that wore off about 2 months into ownership.
Black cars are the worse tring to keep clean. I mean your done waxing it and you put all your stuff away and look back at it and a dust storm just made it dirty again. arrrggg its a never ending battle. but one battle i enjoy
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This seems a bit like overkill.
Not when put in the context of daily or weekly waxing :biggrin:
Lmao yeah I thought the waxing was overkill. I thought over-waxing was bad for the paint? Maybe not.
Everything else is just passionate ownership :smile:
You guys with the high mileage NSXs make me feel good at looking at buying one with high mileage.
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I don't know somehow that's different! This coming from a man thats taped up his car and detailing it for the last week or so, slowly but still....labor of love I suppose. But cleaning the outside and keep it fresh vs changing the oil every month is different I can understand that...am I rationalizing here..:redface:
Don't be depressed; be impressed with your remarkable machine.
I have over 116,000 miles and get compliments on a daily basis. I'm not quite up to Shawn's standards (but close) in my care of the vehicle; it's an amazing machine.
Enjoy it for what it is,
Matt
I have over 116,000 miles and get compliments on a daily basis. I'm not quite up to Shawn's standards (but close) in my care of the vehicle; it's an amazing machine.
Enjoy it for what it is,
Matt
shawn110975
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guys I wasnt kidding about waxing it every morning,
I have to be at work by 8-8:30 so I would wake up about 6:00am
which would give me an hour and a half, and 30 minutes to take shower,
get dressed, then drive to work which is about 5 miles away. and I loved it.
but then it slowly caught up with me. now its every other day seems like and
waxing on fridays. and thats how its been for almost a year and a half now.
and yeah the Oil every month is def over kill, but I like her to have fresh oil in her guts. LOL
and I only use Moble One Synthetic for high miles cars. yeah its 8-9 bucks a bottle but
I want this car to last forever. and it will.....
" BY GODS WILL, IT MUST "
I have to be at work by 8-8:30 so I would wake up about 6:00am
which would give me an hour and a half, and 30 minutes to take shower,
get dressed, then drive to work which is about 5 miles away. and I loved it.
but then it slowly caught up with me. now its every other day seems like and
waxing on fridays. and thats how its been for almost a year and a half now.
and yeah the Oil every month is def over kill, but I like her to have fresh oil in her guts. LOL
and I only use Moble One Synthetic for high miles cars. yeah its 8-9 bucks a bottle but
I want this car to last forever. and it will.....
" BY GODS WILL, IT MUST "
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your car must shine :smile: but take it from an Acura engineer (the guy who wrote the manual), you only have to do your oil changes every 5000 miles.
Please you could save the planets oil crisis if you just cut back to every 3 months or 5k miles. Gas prices will drop the day you stop wasting oil.
You use more oil in your NSX than BP uses in the gulf
Please you could save the planets oil crisis if you just cut back to every 3 months or 5k miles. Gas prices will drop the day you stop wasting oil.
You use more oil in your NSX than BP uses in the gulf
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I change my oil every 3,500-4,500 miles depending on when I can get it in the shop. I have over 144,000 miles and have had only on fix(gas pump that cost me $640 about 1 year ago. Otherwise normal oil, water pump at 80k miles and timing belt at the same time. Have another coming up when I hit 160k. I drive it daily and I track it anywhere from 2-5 times per year. These things just keep on ticking!
I bought my '91 with 50K on it.
Seemed like a lot of miles at the time, but it was such a clean car, I couldn't pass it up.
98,000 trouble free miles and 14 years later, it's still a dream to drive.
Congrats on cracking 100K. Ron
OK Kathy, gives an update in miles!
116,000! Not too bad for a DD and for 16 months! Still no problems. As for the oil change thing - I'm really, really bad about that. My brother is my mechanic and this last time, he didn't put the little oil change sticker reminder on my windshield. I reminded him and he said - why bother? You just ignore it anyway! True. Good thing I use synthetic. On another note - did you see my post under "Bad neighbor"..? My condo commando neighbor took it upon himself to have my NSX towed out of ANOTHER neighbor's driveway that I parked it in because I was having work done on my home. Incredible. The damage the tow truck's HOOK did was about $1300+!
128K miles here!
I read that and was pretty infuriated by it. I hope proper justice is dispensed soon.did you see my post under "Bad neighbor"..? My condo commando neighbor took it upon himself to have my NSX towed out of ANOTHER neighbor's driveway that I parked it in because I was having work done on my home. Incredible. The damage the tow truck's HOOK did was about $1300+!
Same here! My 93 is at 128.8k miles, which is pretty amazing considering it only had 123.5k miles 4 months ago in July. I've racked up over 11k NSX miles this year so far, and have enjoyed every single one of them!
