We finally ditched the car at 115k miles
because, despite being front wheel drive, it wasn't worth crap in even
so much as a dusting of snow.

You need snow tires on a Honda, that's true. But then if you live in
New Hampshire, you really need snow tires on any vehicle that isn't
four-wheel-drive.

Was that "merely 115,000 miles" or WOW! 115,000 miles?

I sold my Immortal Accord last August. It was 13 years old and had
never had a repair to the core vehicle (excluding air conditioner,
cruise control, and exhaust system--the last being expendable items in
New Hampshire). Not did it have any rust-through. I was really sorry
to see it go, but I feared it would suddenly dump me on the asphalt
with no car around me. Except for its sibling the Civic (which lasted
10 years) I had never before owned an automobile past its sixth
anniversay, nor one that didn't require major surgery somewhere along
the line.

all the best -- Dan Ford
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