In the 1960's when I bought my first car, my dad told me, "buy new, keep it for 50,000 miles and then get another one". I did that for many years. My husband bought a Honda Pilot and I still had my Honda Civic. Once I drove the Pilot I never wanted to drive the Civic. The vision in the Pilot was great and it was so comfortable. The Civic sat in the driveway for a few months and my neighbour asked if I would like to sell it. A lady he worked with had a Civic and it was giving her problems. She came to my house in a very old Civic and told me it had 400,000 miles on it! She bought my Civic.
My friend Donna had a Honda Pilot but one year older than ours. They sold theirs at 220,000 KMS! I decided I would keep ours until it started to give us trouble. We've only replaced the battery, tires and the timing belt. We always get our servicing done at the Honda dealership. We know they charge us more, but we also know their mechanics are qualified.
This happened yesterday as I was driving into my garage:
