Today, my daughters 1997 Honda civic EX just crossed the 250,000 miles benchmark.  This car which we bought from my brother at 240,000 miles runs like new.   The car was first purchased with over 130,00 miles on it for my nephew which he used it for college at UCF (Florida) and then turned it over to his sister (my neice) for a few years.  Then when visiting them 2 years ago I saw it in the driveway (240,000 miles) with a for sale sign on it.  So since my daughter was turning 16 I inquired about it and bingo, bought it on the spot.  We drove it back from Florida to Baltimore where we live and she has been driving locally school and such.  Anyway, she is off at college now so I have been driving it every few days to keep it warm.  Today, the speedometer hit 250,000 and I must say this car runs like new.