On 4/7/2004 11:42 PM, 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

I live in Northern Vermont, and my dealer insists that the "severe"
schedule is what must be followed, based on Honda America, since we're
so close to Canada. What I really want to know is - what do they do in
British Columbia, where the weather is mild most of the year? Do they
follow the "severe" schedule, too?