2003 Honda Accord Coupe joins the million mile club

A nondescript 2003 Honda Accord Coupe has become the latest car to cross the million mile threshold. What's more, the car is still moving under the power of its original 3.0-liter V6 engine. Owner Justin Kilmer says that the momentous rollover to one million took place on March 11 in the Smoky Mountains National Park.

The Accord was purchased brand new in 2003 at Pensacola Honda by Kilmer's wife and served as their faithful daily driver for 12 years. She had good taste, optioning the Satin Silver coupe in EX trim with leather seats and a six-speed manual transmission, the best enthusiasts' spec available at the time. Kilmer says the car had accumulated "only" 185,000 miles by 2015 when he began driving it for his job as a medical courier. That's when things kicked into high gear, adding 815,000 miles in just 7.5 years, an average of 109,000 miles annually.

Of course, the Accord has only a six-digit odometer so the magic number was never actually displayed. Instead, in Kilmer's video it's shown reaching 999,999. At that point the trip meter, synced to 999.0, takes over. The final mile was counted in the tenths place, with the car reaching the one million when the trip meter rolled over to 0.0.

In the video one can see the check engine light blinking. Kilmer wrote in an Accord enthusiasts' forum that the J30A4 V6 has been firing on only 5 cylinders for the last 80,000 miles. That's half a lifetime for many cars, but the Accord trundled along, running a bit rough but none the worse for wear.