74,472 miles so far here is what went wrong

[Pilot2519j]

I always see engine blowns, oil leaks and the gamut of things that go wrong in the car. In order to establish a baseline of the maintenance of the car as well as the durability of its components. Here is mine during the life of the car up to now:
1- Winter tires one additional set(4)
2- Regular tires 5 tires so far.
3- Brakes once.
4- Alternator once.
5- Battery-2
6- Interior- leather had to be replaced.
7- Clutch at 30,000 miles.

The aforementioned are the out of pocket items I have had to replace so far. Is a daily driver that I have used since Dec of 2004 every day. In all seasons and alll weather. I love the car and plan keeping for the foreseeable future.

[madmods]

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[Pilot2519j]

Originally Posted by madmods

what went so wrong with the interior leather mate?

The drivers seat ripped on the side and the passenger's seat disintegrated on the sitting part of the seat. I would say my fault since I really never took good care of it. Passenger seat the leather felt very hard and brittle could have been since I drive from the spring on to october with the top down and I leave parked in the same manner. The replacement I changed the grey original color to black which looks a thousand better than the original one. The finishing touched was the embroidery of the logos which look terrific.

[madmods]

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[NoGaBiker]

I hope you meant five sets of tires. I am on my fifth set of rear's at 39,000 with three sets of fronts to go along with it.

[Pilot2519j]

So far 9 tires but I have to replace the rear tires of the 18" summer Michelin Pilots that would make it 4 rears altogether and 5 fronts. Winter tires I replaced all 4 in one shot went with Continental.

[Paul]

My advice has always been never own a car between 80,000 to 120,000 miles since that is when it will need lots of new parts.

[Splitpin]

I only ever buy cars that have just tipped the 100k mark!

But I don't mind a few repairs

[MNICEBOX]

Originally Posted by Pilot2519j

I always see engine blowns, oil leaks and the gamut of things that go wrong in the car. In order to establish a baseline of the maintenance of the car as well as the durability of its components. Here is mine during the life of the car up to now:
1- Winter tires one additional set(4)
2- Regular tires 5 tires so far.
3- Brakes once.
4- Alternator once.
5- Battery-2
6- Interior- leather had to be replaced.
7- Clutch at 30,000 miles.

The aforementioned are the out of pocket items I have had to replace so far. Is a daily driver that I have used since Dec of 2004 every day. In all seasons and alll weather. I love the car and plan keeping for the foreseeable future.

Interesting. Here's mine. Given all the horror stories I've heard about reliability, I feel that my car has been pretty reliable so far. Most of the stuff that broke was wear and tear related and/or occured during the warranty period , thankfully, ( '04S with 60k):

1 battery
1 horn (but replaced both at same time since cheap)
2 RMS seals (one at 17k the other at 29k) , both under warranty
1 front control arm bushing
1 engine mount
1 engine fan temperature sensor
1 flywheel , clutch release lever and ball pin (42k) under warranty
1 right axle bellow (42k)
1 MAF sensor (50k)
2 sets of rear tires
1 set of front tires

Still on original clutch and brakes, but will be doing front brakes this spring.