cost of ownership - 2003 Honda Pilot EXL

Should have also mentioned all service performed at dealer.

How much for acquisition?

OK.

Estimate of remaining value?

J.

ps - jim beam wants to know how often you washed it.

Thought owners may find this interesting. I compiled it today for my 2003 Honda Pilot EXL (purchased used in July 2007 with 38,000 miles). These costs are in Chicago area and exclude recall items, fixes under warranty and tires:

date cost miles comments Oct-07 $217.00 42,000 oil, splash guards, battery Mar-08 $409.00 47,263 45,000 mile svc May-08 $30.00 51,054 oil Sep-08 $566.00 55,370 oil, brakes Dec-08 $508.00 58,579 60,000 mile svc May-09 $31.00 62,554 oil Sep-09 $31.00 66,703 oil Jan-10 $30.00 70,268 oil Mar-10 $30.00 73,371 oil Jul-10 $482.00 77,714 75,000 mile svc and new battery under warranty Oct-10 $31.00 81,261 oil Feb-11 $31.00 85,070 oil Jun-11 $2,281.00 89,901 90,000 mile svc ($582) and new front struts Sep-11 $33.00 93,263 oil Jan-12 $33.00 97,886 oil May-12 $626.00 102,093 oil, brakes Aug-12 $33.00 105,421 oil Nov-12 $894.00 109,183 105,000 mile svc

TOTAL $6,296.00 Interesting -- the difference between the 03 we had (before a friend of my daughter's totalled it at 110k miles) My brakes (front & rear) went 75k miles and cost $$300 at the dealer for pads only. Front struts were fine even at 110k. Timing belt at 90k at $628.00. Don't recall the cost of transmission and the 4wd fluid change, but everything else seems comparable.

Paid $18,750.

They currently sell for $6K-$10K.

???

OK, so the direct cost of ownership over five years is about $6k and the loss of capital is about $10k, so that's $16k divided by 60 months, or about $260/month.

It's very important to him that you save more money by not washing it very often.

J.

don't put words in my mouth. especially not ones that misrepresent. thanks.

Honda Pilot EXL (purchased used in July 2007 with 38,000 miles). These costs are in Chicago area and exclude recall items, fixes under warranty and tires:

got hosed.

got hosed.

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got hosed.

got gang hosed.

got hosed yet again.

got hosed.

for a fraction of that, you could have gone to evening classes and learned basic car maintenance. not so you end up doing it all yourself, but so you know when you're getting into and can ask a few pertinent questions that signal the service writer that you won't play.

hehehehe

Jim beam - I can tell from your post here and elsewhere that you'd drive a thousand miles to save $10. Not too many share your level of frugality to put it nicely.