Hello all,

Today marks the 17 year anniversary of me buying my '00 Silverstone. It was a lease trade-in with 30k miles on the odometer. I've loved it since the day I got it through good times and bad..... And we've had both.

Many, many parts are not original...... Heck most of the body panels aren't original at this point but what do you expect?!? Lol
I've modified her over the years to make her my own and still have people coming up to me and asking about her all the time. It never gets old, even as the car (and I) do.

I plan on writing to Honda next to let them know of the milestone I'm about to achieve......... That being the 300 thousand mile mark! Yes, I'll roll the digital odometer past the 300k mark right around the end of the month. Can't wait.

Happy Vtec-ing and be well
-Hockey

Parts, let's see......
A. Soft Tops, plural. She he's been parked outside most of her life and I operate the top very often so between all the up and down, plus UV. 6th top!
2. Rear hub because the ball joint isn't a serviceable item.
3. Steering Wheel wrap. I plum wore that puppy out! My talented wife re-wrapped it last year. Sooooo nice!
D. Windshields, plural. Low stance and an upright windshield design.....duh. 4th one of those now.
E. Timing chain tensioner. Easy DIY
F. Vtec solenoid. Stupid gasket I needed wasn't available separately. Thanks Honda. Had to buy the entire assembly. $$$
G. Brake rotors, 3rd set just went on last year....centric slotted. Love them
8. And most notably....... The engine. The first one dropped a valve retainer clip coming down from Palomar Mountain and NUKED the motor at 209k miles. It was a no-brainer decision to replace the motor and keep her.

The seats are pretty far gone at this point. I'd love to get new leather on them. There's not much else that's a "need" at this point. Just about everything I've done to it over the years has been a "want"...... And it's been a great experience.

On a sidenote, I do all my own work (minus the engine swap) and I can honestly say that all the early days on S2ki.com learning DIYs and tech days with the old gang taught me so much.

Here's to many more happy miles and a great owners forum!

-Hockey

Part of the family. You've got THAT right! This is the fourth longest relationship I've ever had, and the first two are my mother and my little sister, lol.

The third being my high school sweetheart and wife whom I've known for over 32 years now.