On Oct 15, 2:38*am, "Justbob30" <justbo...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> Sorry, no, leave the break in oil in until the car tells you it needs
> changing, any dealer worth their salt will tell you that. *Oil changes at
> pre set intervals are no longer the rule....They do however *turn a nice
> profit for the dealership if you insist....but as impressed as I am you
> owned a BMW (not) which....well makes you an expert because?

During the years I owned those cars, I did a great deal of "research"
on the very common subject of argument with "car people": oil
changes..
best types/brands and frequency of change. As I've said, changing
out factory oil in a new engine is not a bad idea at 5k miles. I also
don't want to give the dealership ANY reason to try to weasel in the
event of future warranty work, which they are known for.

> I however do not claim to be an expert, so, do as you wish it is after all
> your money, it is however our planet and with any luck you will use a
> dealership that properly recycles (under)used oil.

I care very much about conservation and environment, but it amazes me
that no one here has understood my actual question about resetting.
Honda owners? I think I'll try some of the forums and hope for
at least higher I.Q's.

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> > On Oct 14, 10:39 pm, "Justbob30" <justbo...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> >> Here's an idea, let the maintenance minder do its job, it will tell you
> >> based on several things which are monitored when service needs to be
> >> done.
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> > Uh yes, I know. *My question is about resetting after various service
> > is done.
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> >> Changing your oil at 5,000 miles is wasteful of both your money and a
> >> natural resource. Depending on your driving conditions you may need to
> >> change at 5k, maybe 10k but, maybe not, why waste? let go, let Honda :-).
>
> > I am actually quite an expert on the subject of oil changes, but I
> > digress.
> > I am a former BMW owner and always did my own service, but this
> > Honda MM is new to me. * This 5k oil change is for the car's first
> > off-the-assembly-line oil change. * The dealership thinks they are
> > going to get to do the service work on the car and already has
> > me scheduled for this initial 5k oil change--which is not a bad
> > idea for any new car with factory oil in a brand new engine.
> > But the popular myth of oil changes every 3k miles being
> > a swell idea....it is overkill, and wasteful. 5-8k mile oil changes
> > are the best window to shoot for for most drivers. *I'm not a big
> > fan of going more than about 8500 miles on the same oil, synthetic
> > or conventional.
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> >> <rev_otis_mcn...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> >> > I've just bought an 09 Accord. A couple of little questions please....
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> >> > Never had a honda before. This Memory Minder that tells us when
> >> > things need to be done, etc.... I've read the manual well, but one
> >> > thing
> >> > that isn't clear to me. Let's say I do my first oil change at 5k
> >> > miles,
> >> > and reset the Minder's oil indicator back to 100%. This of course
> >> > should not effect the Minder's tracking of the other things that won't
> >> > need to be done till later, right? I know this may seem dumb,
> >> > but they don't cover this at all in the manual.
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> >> > Let's say, on down the road, say at 20k miles or so, I get the little
> >> > symbol that I need to change the air filter. After I change that,
> >> > and reset the air filter tracking, I wouldn't want to also reset
> >> > the oil change tracking without changing the oil, etc., etc.
> >> > I assume that with one or more symbols lit on the cluster,
> >> > I would be able to toggle to reset each one as I do the maintenance.
> >> > Is this the way it works?
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> >> > Also, I seem to have a minor steering wheel shimmy at around
> >> > 60-65 mph. The car has new Michelins and the car only had
> >> > 6 miles on it when I bought it. I wonder if those little air pressure
> >> > sensors could present a wee bit of a problem for wheel balancing.
> >> > Also, about these sensors in the tires, when the time comes
> >> > for buying new tires, I assume they will just remove the things
> >> > and put them in the new tires. Correct? Do some people just
> >> > do away with these things after a while. I frankly don't need them
> >> > myself as I always keep tabs on things like proper air pressure
> >> > in my tires. We do like the car though, and hope to drive
> >> > it a LONG time. Thanks for any good feedback.- Hide quoted text -
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