My DEALER in Buffalo NY advised me to follow to "severe", so when I
asked he said it was their call, due to climate. I can live with
that, I guess.

PS--the manula notes "sever" if you drive with a roof race--I have a
bike race on my car, is this what they mean?



"'Curly Q. Links'" <motsco__@interbaun.com> wrote in message news:<4074D7BF.1000002@interbaun.com>...
> John Horner wrote:
> > I was looking up some service interval information for my '03 Honda Accord
> > today and noticed that Honda says for US customers to use the normal service
> > schedule unless certain conditions are met (frequent short trips, etc. etc.)
> > but that Canadians should always use the severe service interval schedule.
> > This correlates to oil changes every 7,500 miles for US residents but every
> > 3,750 for Canadians?
> >
> > This is rather peculiar to me. Ontario is by far the most populated province
> > of Canada and it's climate is largely similar to that of Michigan, Upstate
> > New York, Vermonth, New Hampshire and Maine. Prevailing weather conditions
> > are not enough to explain Honda's doings.
> >
> > Does this have something to do with different fuel formulations in Canada,
> > or is it more evidence of things other than good engineering being behind
> > Honda's recommendations?
> >
> > John
> >
> > ====================
>
> John, You've brought up a very good point. It seems to be a 'blanket
> statement' that's just not true for all users. Victoria, British
> Columbia certainly doesn't have the same climate as Edmonton.
>
> And a person in Edmonton who always parks in a heated parkade and a
> semi-heated garage will have WAY less wear and tear than a guy in the
> interior of BC who climbs mountains with his Accord, and parks it
> outside, unplugged.
>
> The guy who lives 2 blocks from the on-ramp of the 401 freeway will beat
> the heck out of his engine compared to the guy who slowly drives six
> kilometers to the highway and then drives a half-hour to work at a
> leisurely 100 km / hour. (me)
>
> The manual is pretty good at explaining what 'severe' is defined by, but
> to lump all Canadians into the category is just DUMB, so it's up to each
> of us to figure out where we stand. . . .
>
> I won't even touch the financial reasons why Honda Canada may have said
> that.
>
> 'Curly'