Hi, I drive a Civic LX manual transmission 2001 which I bought new in
2001. I live in the suburbs (Connecticut), drive 3 miles to work and
back and around town. In the weekends I drive sometimes on the highway.
I estimate 50-50 is highway/suburbs.

I had a free checkup done at the dealer and the car was OK. they said
the brages were fine, but I don't know how much pads I have left. Is
there a way to tell? I am about to do a tire rotation myself and I can
get a caliper to measure the thickness of the pads.

and since I finally moved my lazy ass and finally posted, here are some
more questions:

what about the clutch? how long does it last on AVERAGE (yes, I know it
depends a great deal on how you drive). But what is the *average* please?

what about tuneup? the manual says to geta new timing belt and a tuneup
done at 105K miles (IIRC). That seems a very long time; I have the
feeling the car does not start as easy as when it was new, but it
*always* starts fine. Maybe not in 1/2 second like before, now it seems
to take 3 seconds or so. Shall I get new spark plugs and wires???



Thanks a lot guys, you are great!