Terms of Service
Welcome to Honest Mileage, accessible at honestmileage.com. These Terms of Service ("Terms") govern your access to and use of our website, content, and services. By accessing or using Honest Mileage, you agree to be bound by these Terms. If you do not agree to these Terms, please do not use our website.
Last Updated: January 2025
1. Acceptance of Terms
By accessing, browsing, or using the Honest Mileage website at honestmileage.com, you acknowledge that you have read, understood, and agree to be bound by these Terms of Service, as well as our Privacy Policy. These Terms constitute a legally binding agreement between you and Honest Mileage. If you are using our services on behalf of an organization, you represent that you have the authority to bind that organization to these Terms.
We reserve the right to modify these Terms at any time. Your continued use of Honest Mileage after any changes indicates your acceptance of the modified Terms. It is your responsibility to review these Terms periodically.
2. Description of Service
Honest Mileage is a reflective blog dedicated to exploring the real, lived experience of long-term car ownership. Our platform provides articles, stories, insights, and commentary about how vehicles age, provide comfort, sometimes disappoint, and become integral parts of daily life across miles, seasons, and years. The content available on honestmileage.com includes written articles, personal narratives, automotive observations, and related commentary.
We strive to provide accurate and thoughtful content, but Honest Mileage is provided on an "as is" and "as available" basis. We do not guarantee that our service will be uninterrupted, timely, secure, or error-free.
3. User Accounts and Responsibilities
Certain features of Honest Mileage may require you to create an account. If you create an account on honestmileage.com, you agree to provide accurate, current, and complete information during the registration process. You are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your account credentials and for all activities that occur under your account.
You agree to immediately notify Honest Mileage of any unauthorized use of your account or any other breach of security. We cannot and will not be liable for any loss or damage arising from your failure to comply with these security obligations.
You must be at least 13 years of age to create an account or use interactive features of our website. By creating an account, you represent that you meet this age requirement.
4. Acceptable Use
When using Honest Mileage, you agree to use our website only for lawful purposes and in accordance with these Terms. You specifically agree not to:
Use the website in any way that violates any applicable federal, state, local, or international law or regulation
Engage in any conduct that restricts or inhibits anyone's use or enjoyment of the website, or which may harm Honest Mileage or users of the website
Impersonate or attempt to impersonate Honest Mileage, our employees, another user, or any other person or entity
Use any automated system, including "robots," "spiders," or "offline readers," to access the website in a manner that sends more request messages to our servers than a human could reasonably produce in the same period
Introduce any viruses, trojan horses, worms, logic bombs, or other material that is malicious or technologically harmful
Attempt to gain unauthorized access to, interfere with, damage, or disrupt any parts of the website, the server on which honestmileage.com is stored, or any server, computer, or database connected to our website
Attack the website via a denial-of-service attack or a distributed denial-of-service attack
Harvest or collect email addresses or other contact information of other users from the website
5. Intellectual Property Rights
The content, features, and functionality of Honest Mileage, including but not limited to text, graphics, logos, images, articles, and software, are owned by Honest Mileage or its content suppliers and are protected by international copyright, trademark, patent, trade secret, and other intellectual property laws.
All content published on honestmileage.com is the property of Honest Mileage unless otherwise noted. You may view, download, and print content from Honest Mileage for your personal, non-commercial use only, provided that you maintain all copyright and other proprietary notices contained in the original content.
You may not reproduce, distribute, modify, create derivative works of, publicly display, publicly perform, republish, download, store, or transmit any of the material on our website, except as permitted by these Terms or with our prior written consent.
6. User Content and Comments
Honest Mileage may allow users to post comments, feedback, stories, or other content ("User Content"). By submitting User Content to honestmileage.com, you grant Honest Mileage a non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free, perpetual, irrevocable, and fully sublicensable right to use, reproduce, modify, adapt, publish, translate, create derivative works from, distribute, and display such User Content in any media.
You represent and warrant that you own or control all rights to the User Content you post, and that the User Content does not violate these Terms, any applicable law, or the rights of any third party. You are solely responsible for your User Content and the consequences of posting or publishing it.
We reserve the right, but are not obligated, to monitor, edit, or remove any User Content that we determine in our sole discretion violates these Terms, is objectionable, or is otherwise inappropriate. However, we do not endorse any User Content or any opinion, recommendation, or advice expressed therein.
7. Disclaimers
The content on Honest Mileage is provided for informational and entertainment purposes only. While we strive to provide accurate and thoughtful reflections on car ownership experiences, the content on honestmileage.com should not be considered professional automotive advice, mechanical guidance, or purchasing recommendations.
Honest Mileage makes no representations or warranties of any kind, express or implied, about the completeness, accuracy, reliability, suitability, or availability of the website or the information, products, services, or related graphics contained on the website for any purpose. Any reliance you place on such information is strictly at your own risk.
We disclaim all warranties, express or implied, including but not limited to implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, and non-infringement. We do not warrant that the website will be uninterrupted, secure, or free of errors, viruses, or other harmful components.
8. Limitation of Liability
To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, Honest Mileage, its officers, directors, employees, agents, and affiliates shall not be liable for any indirect, incidental, special, consequential, or punitive damages, including but not limited to loss of profits, data, use, goodwill, or other intangible losses, resulting from:
Your access to or use of or inability to access or use the website
Any conduct or content of any third party on the website
Any content obtained from the website
Unauthorized access, use, or alteration of your transmissions or content
In no event shall the aggregate liability of Honest Mileage exceed the amount you paid, if any, to access honestmileage.com during the twelve months preceding the claim, or one hundred dollars ($100), whichever is greater.
Some jurisdictions do not allow the exclusion of certain warranties or the limitation of liability for consequential or incidental damages. In such jurisdictions, our liability will be limited to the maximum extent permitted by law.
9. Indemnification
You agree to defend, indemnify, and hold harmless Honest Mileage, its officers, directors, employees, agents, licensors, and suppliers from and against any claims, liabilities, damages, judgments, awards, losses, costs, expenses, or fees (including reasonable attorneys' fees) arising out of or relating to:
Your violation of these Terms of Service
Your use of the website at honestmileage.com
Your User Content
Your violation of any rights of another person or entity
Your violation of any applicable laws or regulations
We reserve the right to assume the exclusive defense and control of any matter subject to indemnification by you, in which event you will cooperate with us in asserting any available defenses.
10. Termination
We reserve the right to terminate or suspend your account and access to Honest Mileage immediately, without prior notice or liability, for any reason, including but not limited to breach of these Terms. Upon termination, your right to use the website will immediately cease.
You may terminate your account at any time by discontinuing use of honestmileage.com and, if applicable, deleting your account through the website interface or by contacting us directly.
All provisions of these Terms which by their nature should survive termination shall survive, including but not limited to ownership provisions, warranty disclaimers, indemnity, and limitations of liability.
11. Governing Law and Dispute Resolution
These Terms of Service shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the jurisdiction in which Honest Mileage operates, without regard to its conflict of law provisions. Any legal action or proceeding arising under these Terms will be brought exclusively in the courts located in that jurisdiction, and you hereby consent to personal jurisdiction and venue therein.
If any provision of these Terms is found to be invalid or unenforceable by a court of competent jurisdiction, the remaining provisions shall continue in full force and effect. The failure of Honest Mileage to enforce any right or provision of these Terms will not be deemed a waiver of such right or provision.
12. Changes to Terms
Honest Mileage reserves the right to modify or replace these Terms of Service at any time at our sole discretion. We will make reasonable efforts to provide notice of any material changes by posting the new Terms on honestmileage.com and updating the "Last Updated" date at the top of this page.
Your continued use of Honest Mileage following the posting of revised Terms means that you accept and agree to the changes. We encourage you to review these Terms periodically to stay informed about our policies and practices.
13. Entire Agreement
These Terms of Service, together with our Privacy Policy and any other legal notices published by Honest Mileage on honestmileage.com, constitute the entire agreement between you and Honest Mileage concerning your use of the website and supersede all prior agreements and understandings, whether written or oral.
14. Contact Information
If you have any questions, concerns, or comments about these Terms of Service, please contact Honest Mileage through the contact information provided on our website at honestmileage.com. We welcome your feedback and will make reasonable efforts to respond to your inquiries in a timely manner.
Thank you for reading our Terms of Service and for being part of the Honest Mileage community. We appreciate your interest in our reflections on the real, lived experience of long-term car ownership.