[Fishrrman]

My last car (before I replaced it with a 2005 Toyota RAV 4) was an Acura Integra (their "bargain" car) that I bought in July 1993. I drove it just over 300,000 miles and sold it for $400 in December 2005; twelve and one-half years.

I changed the oil EVERY 5,000 miles of its life, and it still was hardly using any oil between changes at 300,000. The engine was still intact (i.e., never "opened up" other than to replace the timing belt and water pump once). I did have to replace the heater unit and front drive shaft axles around 200,000+.

It was the very last of the '93's (they changed to a new body style mid-year), and was so spartan that it came without a radio, air conditioning, and still had "roll-down yourself" windows. For all the years, if I wanted music, I took along a portable CD or minidisc player and used headphones.

It was the best car I'll ever own. Got my money's worth out of that one!

- John

[razorback-bert]

2005 Toyota RAV 4

Got one too, with 94,000 miles.