JRStern <JRStern@foobar.invalid> wrote in
news:f51lu411m9pvojvmmnmcdc9fj9t899rgdu@4ax.com:

> On Sat, 18 Apr 2009 23:55:52 +0000 (UTC), Tegger <invalid@invalid.inv>
> wrote:
>

>
> I would not put much past this dealer, but OTOH my experience with my
> last few Hondas suggest changing out the tranny fluid more often than
> they recommend.



My personal opinion is that you cannot change your transmission fluid too
often. The more often the better. But many balk at the cost of those
changes, so in my recommendations I stick with Honda's official schedules.

I do ours myself, several times a year. Since the price for me consists of
parts only, it's cheap.



> I'm not towing any trailers, just that fine mix of
> Los Angeles traffic that's 5mph when it's not 80mph.



Hey, I know that deal! Been there, done that. Did the 405 at 4:00 in the
afternoon on a weekday. Daughter (six at the time) had to pee at one point
so we got off the 405 at La Cienega. What's that donut shop with the giant
donut on the roof? She peed there, at that historical landmark. A memorable
moment indeed.



> very gentle driver these days - or I'd choose a sportier car! Tranny
> does seem much snappier now with the new fluid, I had noticed some
> funny boggy shifting in recent days.


That just might have been old fluid: the friction modifiers would have
degraded.



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