I'd play it safe and only use the Honda tranny oil. Considering that I live
up north (Canada) and the shifting quality is acceptable in extreme cold,
I'd stay with the Honda stuff. If shifting is poor in your car, I'd get the
oil flushed out (couple times if need be) until it gets back to normal.

Pars
98 Civic Hatch (5 speed, 210000km, original tranny & clutch).

>
> Good point. '94 Civic Si, mileage now at 104k, transmission fluid
> replaced about every 30k, last time at 94k at independent shop that
> swore they used Honda MTL. No noticeable change in tranny behavior after
> the 94k change.
>
> Googleing, I found that the complaint was not seal failures as I
> remembered, but a bearing cage failure. I found one report of this, but
> no cause and effect analysis. I found a number of reports from people
> having used Redline MTL in Hondas over long distances with no issues.
> Redline tech support recommends their MTL for the Civic in Northern
> California's moderate climate.
>
> I'll change to Redline MTL some time in the next week or so unless
> someone points out a compelling reason not to.
>
> Thanks for all your thoughts and comments.