Honda Car Forum

I went to my local Honda dealer yesterday to buy a gallon of
anti-freeze. He brings out the bottle and enters it in the computer.
When he handed it to me, I saw it was a premix, 50-50, and the price was
$15. I complained about the premix, asking for concentrate. After first
telling me this was all Honda was making, he found a bottle of
concentrate and entered that in the computer. Guess what, same $15.

So now Honda is selling a premix with only 1/2 gallon of anti-freeze for
the same price as a gallon of pure anti-freeze. And they wonder why
people want to use aftermarket products?

Norm

I love the premix!. Poor it in and I'm done. I don't have access to a garage
and don't want to keep half empty bottles of the stuff around for two years
between fluid changes, so it works for me. I don't love the price, but its
worth the convenience for me.

Bruce
"Norman Koller" <normkol@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:j8Wdne_ofLG1i9uiXTWJhQ@comcast.com...
> I went to my local Honda dealer yesterday to buy a gallon of
> anti-freeze. He brings out the bottle and enters it in the computer.
> When he handed it to me, I saw it was a premix, 50-50, and the price was
> $15. I complained about the premix, asking for concentrate. After first
> telling me this was all Honda was making, he found a bottle of
> concentrate and entered that in the computer. Guess what, same $15.
>
> So now Honda is selling a premix with only 1/2 gallon of anti-freeze for
> the same price as a gallon of pure anti-freeze. And they wonder why
> people want to use aftermarket products?
>
> Norm
>

You cheapskates slay me. So Honda coolant costs $7 more than generic brand, big
deal. You could easily make up the difference skipping that extra Whopper or
canceling online porn.



U.S.A. "Go West Young Men..."

Mexico "El Norte Hombre..."

DrPimpDadi wrote:
> You cheapskates slay me. So Honda coolant costs $7 more than generic brand, big
> deal. You could easily make up the difference skipping that extra Whopper or
> canceling online porn.
>
>
>
> U.S.A. "Go West Young Men..."
>
> Mexico "El Norte Hombre..."
>
>
>
>
The issue is not the price of the antifreeze, which we all know is high.
It's charging the same for premix as for concentrate. The aftermarket
couldn't get away with it, but Honda thinks nothing of sticking it to us.

Norm

>It's charging the same for premix as for concentrate. The aftermarket
>couldn't get away with it, but Honda thinks nothing of sticking it to us.
>

So? It's the same in aftermarket. To some people convenience is worth the
price. Concentrate is pretty much useless if there were no water around.



U.S.A. "Go West Young Men..."

Mexico "El Norte Hombre..."

Just go to Wal-mart and buy a gallon of Dexron II or any other type of
"new" formula anti-freeze for about $7. I really haven't found out
what's so special about Honda's formula, despite all the yack about
Honda's special formulations.

dan

DrPimpDadi wrote:
>>It's charging the same for premix as for concentrate. The aftermarket
>>couldn't get away with it, but Honda thinks nothing of sticking it to us.
>>
>
>
> So? It's the same in aftermarket. To some people convenience is worth the
> price. Concentrate is pretty much useless if there were no water around.
>
>
>
> U.S.A. "Go West Young Men..."
>
> Mexico "El Norte Hombre..."
>
>
>
>

In article <5Es1b.1366$cQ1.229756@kent.svc.tds.net>,
dan <nospam@nospam.net> wrote:

> Just go to Wal-mart and buy a gallon of Dexron II or any other type of
> "new" formula anti-freeze for about $7.

I would not recommend using Dexron in a cooling system.

> I really haven't found out what's so special about Honda's formula,
> despite all the yack about Honda's special formulations.

It's supposed to be silicate-free, which is better for the water pump.
But so are some aftermarket antifreezes.

>Just go to Wal-mart and buy a gallon of Dexron II

why would u put ATF in the cooling system?



U.S.A. "Go West Young Men..."

Mexico "El Norte Hombre..."

In article <j8Wdne_ofLG1i9uiXTWJhQ@comcast.com>,
Norman Koller <normkol@yahoo.com> wrote:

>I went to my local Honda dealer yesterday to buy a gallon of
>anti-freeze. He brings out the bottle and enters it in the computer.
>When he handed it to me, I saw it was a premix, 50-50, and the price was
>$15. I complained about the premix, asking for concentrate. After first
>telling me this was all Honda was making, he found a bottle of
>concentrate and entered that in the computer. Guess what, same $15.
>
>So now Honda is selling a premix with only 1/2 gallon of anti-freeze for
>the same price as a gallon of pure anti-freeze. And they wonder why
>people want to use aftermarket products?
>
>Norm
>

There's no problem with aftermarket coolants as long as they're the
correct type. I don't even seen dealership mechanics using Honda's
coolant. They'll have a big drum of a store brand in their shop.

On Fri, 22 Aug 2003 18:02:47 GMT, Kevin McMurtrie <mcmurtri@sonic.net> wrote:

|In article <j8Wdne_ofLG1i9uiXTWJhQ@comcast.com>,
| Norman Koller <normkol@yahoo.com> wrote:
|
|>I went to my local Honda dealer yesterday to buy a gallon of
|>anti-freeze. He brings out the bottle and enters it in the computer.
|>When he handed it to me, I saw it was a premix, 50-50, and the price was
|>$15. I complained about the premix, asking for concentrate. After first
|>telling me this was all Honda was making, he found a bottle of
|>concentrate and entered that in the computer. Guess what, same $15.
|>
|>So now Honda is selling a premix with only 1/2 gallon of anti-freeze for
|>the same price as a gallon of pure anti-freeze. And they wonder why
|>people want to use aftermarket products?
|>
|>Norm
|>
|
|There's no problem with aftermarket coolants as long as they're the
|correct type. I don't even seen dealership mechanics using Honda's
|coolant. They'll have a big drum of a store brand in their shop.

To be safe, use G-05 coolant. G-05 is very nearly a universal coolant. It's
commonly used by fleets. Gold/orange in color. Should run about $8/gallon.
Zerex offers it and probably others as well.
Rex in Fort Worth