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To: BigpapaBo

Depending on the year, you may have done very well to get that many miles out of a Honda slushbox, and/or it may already be living on borrowed time.

A couple years ago when I was oooking for another car for my wife, I ruled out anything by Honda because she can’t drive a stick and in the price range I was looking every Honda I found fell into the late ‘90s and early ‘00s, where their automatics were especially trouble-prone (and she didn’t want a Honda anyway, because they’re “soulless”). But I still vividly remember this conversation:

Wife: What do you think of Acuras?
Me: Acuras are Hondas.
Wife: But they’re Hondas with style.
Me: And they have the same crappy transmissions as Hondas without style. I’m not buying you one.

I wound up buying her a W210 Mercedes. So far it’s been a pretty good car.


120 posted on 06/15/2016 8:20:02 PM PDT by ZirconEncrustedTweezers (Nothing is sometimes the right thing to do, and always a wise thing to say.)
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To: ZirconEncrustedTweezers

Between myself and Mrs Bo, we have owned many Honda/Acura vehicles.
Sedans, suv’s, and vans. We have never had a single issue with massive drivetrain failure(engine or trans).
We’ve had them rust out. But other than the usual maintenance and regular fluid changes we’ve been lucky. I might add the trans fluid gets changed every year no matter what. High quality fluids are the key imho.

Excellent choice on the w210. When taken care of, they will go forever.


131 posted on 06/16/2016 9:25:32 AM PDT by BigpapaBo (If it don't kill you it'll make you _________!)
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