The oils and engines are light years ahead but the people in this country
are to entwined in the past to understand that. If 3000 miles was good for
my great grandpa then I should change it every week......


"John Horner" <jthorner@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> doug wrote:
>> Rick
>>
>> Ignore the "manual" mavens and get the service done. One year/8k km is
>> just too long an interval unless you drive long distance trips almost
>> exclusively. I have a 2005 Accord EX I purchased in early May and it just
>> turned 4k miles. I'm changing the oil and filter done this week with the
>> recommended 5W-20, but I'm using Mobil 1, which I use in all of my
>> vehicles and have done so for over 20 years. My schedule is 4 months or
>> 4000 miles, whichever comes first (it's always 4 months, though). I
>> almost always do it myself to keep expenses reasonable, and I've not had
>> any type of engine component failure - ever. Cheap insurance for the
>> engine, better mileage, easier starts in cold weather, etc.
>>
>> doug
>
>
> It is a shame to waste Mobil-1 on 4 month/4,000 mile oil change intervals.
> You are discarding a lot of perfectly good motor oil way before it's time.
> If you are running a top grade synthetic like that there is no reason not
> to go the full 7,500 mile (V-6) or 10,000 mile (4) intervals Honda calls
> for in it's current vehicles. By using such an expensive oil you are
> already giving yourself a huge safety margin over the factory
> recommendations. In fact, there are plenty of good sub $2.00/quart motor
> oils on the market now which are completely up to the job.
>
> Oils, fuels and engines are all light-years better today than they were 20
> years ago.
>
> John
>