Maine man's car goes 1 million miles

[No More Sorrow]

SACO, Maine (AP) - A Maine man and his car are celebrating a million-mile milestone.

Joe LoCicero (luh-SISS'-er-oh) was given a 2012 Honda Accord at a parade in the city of Saco on Sunday after surpassing the million-mile mark on the odometer of his 1990 Accord. He reached the milestone last Thursday.

A Honda spokeswoman tells The Portland Press Herald it's the first time the manufacturer has documented an Accord reaching one million miles.

LoCicero says he bought the car in 1996 with 74,000 miles. The former mechanic did much of his own work. The secret he says is following maintenance schedules, using quality parts and driving safely.

He swears the transmission and engine are original.

Now that he has a new Accord, he's not sure what he'll do with the old one.

 

[Starbuck]

Maybe if my Civic reaches a million miles I could get a brand new Civic, too. Better get that speedometer sensor working, not only to see how many km's are on my engine, but to also see how fast I'm going. Might as well fix my tail-lights, dash-lights and get that gas-leak figured out, too.

 

[Troy]

Impressive record and it is no surprise that he is a mechanic. I am a bit shocked at how much he has driven in a short amount of time though he put that car through a lot each year and I guess that makes it even more impressive that it has kept running for this long.