Honda Jazz high mileage what to do?

[Roma]

I have a Honda Jazz VTI CVT, metallic yellow with inbuilt Digital TV/DVD (Alpine). 2006 model. It is in excellent condition, never a problem. It has 162,000kms on it as I have a long drive to work. Which is the most cost effective option: sell it now or keep it going for another five, six years or more. Would it reach 350,000kms without too much expense?

Any thoughts appreciated.

[UNLS1]

i say sell now and get a new one as they are real good value atm

[Poeter]

Well your jazz has already copped the steep depreciation since new. As a car ages, the depreciation rate reduces. If you buy a new car and you are going to cop the steep depreciation rate again.

So if your jazz is still going strong and you have no headaches with it, I'd say keep it to be cost effective. It should go up to 300k + provided that you keep it serviced regularly and flush the cvt fluids as well.

My 05 VTi-S has done nearly 120k and still plan to keep it for another 3-5 years.

[62rocket]

I reckon keep it. I mainly do highway driving and I have a 2004 VTIS with 170,000 kms on it. it still drives as new... 90,000 km out of a set of tyres, still on the original brake shoes, no problems except for the rear wheel bearing being replaced under warranty at 40k. Just keep the servicing up to it, use quality oil and oil filters, keep it out of the sun/elements when parked, put it in the garage when you are home and it will still look new in years to come.... mine does and I plan on keeping it another 6 years. Lack of servicing, poor oil condition and the weather are killers of cars. Keep them looked after and they will last....

[migoreng]

Your car has been doing over 30k km a year...bit higher than average but people buy cars to drive. I don't know why lots of people always want <150,000km and stuff like that.
My car is 9 years older than yours with 230,000km and still going strong. I'll drive it to 300,000km, do another major service and drive it til it dies....LOL.

[Roma]

Thanks all for the answers. I decided to keep it for as long as cost effective.

[Mimsy]

I am reading through a bunch of Jazz threads as I am thinking of buying a second hand one.

Roma and 62 Rocket it is nice to hear that yours have 150+K on them and still going strong. I have not seen many around with this level of Ks on them and was not sure if that was a good or bad sign.

For my budget I will probably get one with 100,000km on it already and I am hoping that, with regular servicing, it will keep going strong for at least another 150+K.

[ACE888]

Thanks all for the answers. I decided to keep it for as long as cost effective.

Good choice - car still going strong, so why change now?! Unless you won a MB SLS

I use to own a Jazz a few years back, 2003 model, bought it new, and i racked up 135,000kms in 4.5years .... until some a**hole crashed into it and wrote it off. as I had "market price" for my insurance, the company i was with only wanted to give me $12.5k at the time - said it was higher than average mileage ra ra ra ... but the car gave me no issues at all. drove like a dream, well apart from the CVT jerk at the start which was an EGR?? fixed under warranty issue.

[Roma]

Well I'm up to 283,000kms now. Still no problems. Normal services.

[chow_tofu]

I'm pretty sure you hit 300,000KMs easy. I recently serviced a Jazz than hadnt been serviced for 70,000KMs.

Her last service was at 200k and now it was 270k, even though oil was all sludgey and crap, new oil, oil filter and air filter and it still goes like normal. Her is a 2006 VTi.

The only problem is that her front suspension top hats and control arm cushions need replacing.

Hows your engine oil colour?

[lolmclol]

Are the jazz's auto or manual?

[Roma]

Mine is CVT 2006. (BTW I will check the oil).