The fourth-generation Honda Accord CB7 is well-known for its reliability and durability, with some examples reaching 1 million miles, like this 1.16 million-mile 1991 Accord EX sedan.
The crazy thing about these Hondas is that high-mileage examples are not isolated cases. Everyone knows someone who owns a fourth-gen Accord with 300,000 miles or more, all covered with the original engine.
But once in a while, a really high-mileage Accord rises out of anonymity, surpassing every expectation when it comes to how long an automobile can last. Like this 1992 Honda Accord Wagon with 965,000 miles that recently surfaced on the Mileage Impossible Facebook group.
One Owner, One Engine And 965,000 Miles
That’s right, this family car is closing in on 1 million miles, and it has managed this incredible feat with the original engine, according to the vehicle’s new owner who posted photos of the car on Facebook and a short message. Remarkably, this is a one-owner car from new, with the original owner keeping it for 33 years and covering all those miles by himself.
That begs the obvious question: why didn’t the original owner drive the car for 35,000 more miles just to see the odometer roll over from 999,999 miles to 000,000 miles? As you can see in the photos, Honda fitted the fourth-gen Accord with a six-digit mechanical odometer, which means that it’s not designed to count higher than 999,999 miles.
If we do the math, the owner who bought the car new covered just under 30,000 miles per year, more than double the number of miles covered by the average American driver each year, according to 2022 data from the Federal Highway Administration.
That’s a lot of driving every year, and whether the owner had a long commute to work, drove the car for business reasons or took long road trips and family vacations, this Honda Accord EX Wagon was a dependable companion. Interestingly, the man who bought the car says he will offer it for sale on Bring A Trailer soon, which sounds like he got a pretty sweet deal at purchase and is now trying to flip it for profit.
“They Don’t Make Them Like This Anymore”
There’s no more information about the car, but simply by looking at the photos, you can tell how incredibly well-built this car was when it rolled off the assembly line in Marysville, Ohio, sometimes in the second half of 1991 or early 1992. There are no visible signs of rust and the cloth seats look great for their age, especially those in the back. While the body has minor imperfections like small dents, this car has clearly been well taken care of by the original owner.
As for the engine bay, it looks like it would use some cleaning and detailing, although that would make no difference for the 2.2-liter F22A4 naturally aspirated four-cylinder gas engine, which is apparently the original factory unit. In the 1992 Honda Accord EX, this engine delivered 130 hp at 5,200 rpm and 142 lb-ft of torque at 4,000 rpm. It was a decent amount of power in 1990 for a midsize family car, especially one that didn’t weigh that much: the wagon body style tipped the scales at just under 3,200 lbs.
This particular car has the four-speed automatic transmission and not the five-speed manual many buyers preferred. That’s because the manual transmission Accord was faster and more economical, not to mention more durable. The current owner does not say how many transmissions this car has been through since new, but it’s highly unlikely to be the original one.
At this point, one can only wonder how much longer this car can last. Whoever buys it next, we can only hope that they will continue to drive it and eventually get an answer to this question. Who knows, maybe they’ll manage to set a new mileage record for the Honda Accord CB7 generation in the process.
Source: Mileage Impossible / Facebook
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