I am wondering what people have now and what they think there fit will give them maintaince free miles, how long do u think it will last? Do u feel its reliable?

 

Since I wind up putting more miles on my motorcycle (see below) than my Fit, I just wonder how long I'll hang on to my Fit? With the way my bike is going now, it will last forever. I'd just like to get a more comfortable highway cruiser though.

 

I just posted on another thread I have 174,000 miles on my 07 Fit and I believe there's no reason these engines can't go over 400,000 miles. Check your oil level, maintain the engine, transmission, suspension and steering and you will be a very happy Fit owner for a long time.

I'm planning on keeping my Fit for 4 more years and expect to put another 160,000 on it. If I have anything major happen to it I'll post it on these boards and let everybody know.

 

wow dude 174,000, how, but you give me hope for the future on mine, no problems I like it. what have u done anything special, I always do oil, tranny fluid every 30k, suspension when it wears and steering hmm what and when do we have to do on that?

 

I have almost 50K on mine and no issues. Just changed the tires once and brakes will be done soon.

 

yea i got to do tires soon too

 

6 Coil packs and an EGR valve are my only non-maintenance items replaced.

Mdsniper7 by steering I mean regular alignment/balancing. Here in Toronto the winters are pretty hard on suspension/steering with potholes. I've found if you don't have an alignment performed annually the tires wear much faster.

 

On a modern car like this...
ABOUT A MILLION MILES!!!

Just keep up with maintenance.

 

Japanese cars (Asembled in Japan and brought overseas) for the most parts are reliable with proper maintenance. I believe mines will gimmie about 300k before I have to rebulid such as the head.

 

How many miles do you have now on your Fit?

 

Yes I think that is the key to these cars. Proper maintenace is a must to keep these cars running good.

 

agreed but 300k i think 200 max

 

proper maintenance is a must for EVERYTHING

look at b52's, first flown in 1952, and countless wars later...it is still a frontline bomber with retirement at least another decade (and many more wars) away

keep up the maintenance and replace whatever breaks, and anything can literally last a lifetime

 

I plan on keeping my Fit for at least 250k+ miles before I even think about swapping out the engine for a K-series.

This is the first car that I have owned that has a timing chain instead of a belt. I'm going to assume that the chain should be good till 200k before chain stretch requires me to replace it.

As for maintenance, I change the oil, check the fluids. So far I have 62,000+ miles on my 08 Fit and the only maintenance I have done (personally, I do all my maintenance myself) so far is:

1. Oil changes at every 10,000 miles (only used synthethic since the day I bought her new)

2. Transmission fluid change at 30k or once a year.

3. K&N drop in air filter. (clean once a year)

4. Brand new cabin filter once a year.

5. New tires at 50k.

I have not yet checked the brakes yet but I will when I do my 70k oil change.

All fluids still look the same and have not required top off yet.

 

I'm hoping at least 200k.

Currentlyat 71k on my '07 GD3. Change oil with synthetic every 7.5k, changed atf/brake fluid at 50k, on its 3rd set of tires, pollen filter/air filter once a year, changed brakes at 60k.

Considering changing the oil from M1 to M1 high mileage at the 74k mark.

Considering I drive 100mi/day round trip to work and back, it won't be long.

Great daily driver.

 

Hmm funny these should go over 200k they better. My 91 toyota previa has 235k and is still going well she is in the shop right now geting a new fuel pump. So i figure these should go further than that

 

Got 117,000km on our 2007... I bought with the intention of driving it for at least ten years. If I don't get well over 300,000km, I'll be ticked off. lol! Truth be told, with proper maintenance, I see no reason why it won't easily make that, and hopefully much more.

My godson is 2yo, I hope to give it to him as his fist car.

 

Um, they do more than just change the oil and grease the chassis on a B52. Ever seen what they do to them at depot? It's intense.

Will a 1976 Oldsmobile run forever with simple maintenance? No. Will it do so with a frame off restoration and an engine swap every 10 years? Barring metal fatigue or a crash, probably.

I would put engine hours as more important than miles, but that's not how they track these things. It's not impressive for a car to do hundreds of thousands of miles of easy highway duty. It's the daily drivers that rack up the miles that impress me most.

 

What is that? I can tell its an old metric cruiser, but I'm not so great at identifying 80's and 90's metrics. (Or cruisers in general - but it looks a lot like an Intruder 800 that a friend owns)

 

I've got a little under 80K now. The A/C is making a bit of racket now though. I already had A/C work so this is a little annoying.