My old Honda Accord 2.2 diesel rolled over its 150,000th mile this week. I had kept my eye on the mileage readout since my last fill up when it was clear it was coming up. As I planned a trip to Cambridge for work I had a rough idea the magic 150k would occur on my return journey.

As the readout ticked to 149995 I turned off the radio and counted it down to 149,999 where I pulled into a lay-by to take a photo. I then drove tentatively along the A4 in Wiltshire with my eye fixed on the mileage. When it finally flickered up at 150,000 I frantically looked for somewhere to pull in. Fortunately there was a long empty pedestrian pavement, an odd feature on a rural A-road but I was able to gently bump up the kerb and make a photographic record.

I’ve had the car for three years (nearly to the month) and have done about 55,000 miles. Average fuel consumption is around 50 mpg. I get services done at my local independent garage and have recently closed up the interval to 10,000 from the factory 12,000 miles.

Wear and tear in this period has included a new battery because it had been stood for a long time when I bought it. new disks and pads front and rear, one rear wheel bearing, wipers and 2 x front pair of tyres and 1 x rear pair. I now have Michelin Cross Climate 2 tyres all round and they are excellent. The rear pair did 15,000 miles on the front first before being swapped to the rear.

Failures are limited to a seized brake calliper which was patched up by Green Flag and got me home (arguably wear and tear) and a non- start which was caused by a loose battery terminal.

So a reliable motor and apparently (according to other posts on Facebook) is good for another 100,000.