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Had a lady at work complaining that her Honda now was leaking oil after an
oil change, and when looking at it I discovered the head gasket had given up
the ghost. She was insisting we did something to it to cause it to fail. The
car had over 300,00 miles on it.


--
Stephen W. Hansen
ASE Certified Master Automobile Technician
ASE Undercar Specialist




"John W" <jward2NOSPAM@fuse.net> wrote in message
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> Just thought it would be interesting to hear how many miles people are
> squeezing out of them?Who has the most documented miles? Getting ready to
> take delivery of my new 05 so I'll be staring at the beginning.
>
>
>

I bought my 92 Accord new. At present 314,116 miles. For metric people,
502,585 km. Original engine and auto trans. Mobil 1 oil every 5000 miles
or 8000 km

That kills me. :-)

I can't say whether to call this customer silly (for not realizing she has
way got her money's worth out of this car) or smart for taking good enough
care of the car to make it last this long.

I hope you guys just smiled and told her to have a chat with Tom and Ray
about her little workhorse Honda.

"Steve" <hansensw@hotmail.com> wrote
> Had a lady at work complaining that her Honda now was leaking oil after
an
> oil change, and when looking at it I discovered the head gasket had given
up
> the ghost. She was insisting we did something to it to cause it to fail.
The
> car had over 300,00 miles on it.

Love the oil data. But hey, take some credit for yourself for obviously
taking care of your Accord!

"zonie" <sjemoomaw@nospam> wrote
> I bought my 92 Accord new. At present 314,116 miles. For metric people,
> 502,585 km. Original engine and auto trans. Mobil 1 oil every 5000 miles
> or 8000 km
>

Elle Navorski wrote:
> That kills me. :-)
>
> I can't say whether to call this customer silly (for not realizing she has
> way got her money's worth out of this car) or smart for taking good enough
> care of the car to make it last this long.
>
> I hope you guys just smiled and told her to have a chat with Tom and Ray
> about her little workhorse Honda.

if she was a regular, ida tossed in a valve cover gasket at cost.
>
> "Steve" <hansensw@hotmail.com> wrote
>
>>Had a lady at work complaining that her Honda now was leaking oil after
>
> an
>
>>oil change, and when looking at it I discovered the head gasket had given
>
> up
>
>>the ghost. She was insisting we did something to it to cause it to fail.
>
> The
>
>>car had over 300,00 miles on it.
>
>
>

No, not a regular and also we have "oil change customers" They think we make
money on oil changes. Look at the history and 25 15.99 oil changes and no
real service. Sometimes they come in with our recommendations done by "Their
Mechanic". Then, why doesn't he do "Your Oil Change?"


Take Care


--
Stephen W. Hansen
ASE Certified Master Automobile Technician
ASE Undercar Specialist




"SoCalMike" <mikein562athotmail@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> Elle Navorski wrote:
>> That kills me. :-)
>>
>> I can't say whether to call this customer silly (for not realizing she
>> has
>> way got her money's worth out of this car) or smart for taking good
>> enough
>> care of the car to make it last this long.
>>
>> I hope you guys just smiled and told her to have a chat with Tom and Ray
>> about her little workhorse Honda.
>
> if she was a regular, ida tossed in a valve cover gasket at cost.
>>
>> "Steve" <hansensw@hotmail.com> wrote
>>
>>>Had a lady at work complaining that her Honda now was leaking oil after
>>
>> an
>>
>>>oil change, and when looking at it I discovered the head gasket had given
>>
>> up
>>
>>>the ghost. She was insisting we did something to it to cause it to fail.
>>
>> The
>>
>>>car had over 300,00 miles on it.
>>
>>

John W wrote:
> Just thought it would be interesting to hear how many miles people
are
> squeezing out of them?Who has the most documented miles? Getting
ready to
> take delivery of my new 05 so I'll be staring at the beginning.

91' Accord Ex with 217,000 miles. Shooting for 500,000mi club or more.

John W wrote:
> Just thought it would be interesting to hear how many miles people
are
> squeezing out of them?Who has the most documented miles? Getting
ready to
> take delivery of my new 05 so I'll be staring at the beginning.

91' Accord Ex with 217,000 miles. Shooting for 500,000mi club or more.

John W wrote:
> Just thought it would be interesting to hear how many miles people
are
> squeezing out of them?Who has the most documented miles? Getting
ready to
> take delivery of my new 05 so I'll be staring at the beginning.

91' Accord Ex with 217,000 miles. Shooting for 500,000mi club or more.

geez, and I thought my Honda 94 accord had too much mileage at
136K miles. However, I do a lot of driving in the city, so it probably
won't take long before the honda gives up.