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5W20 if it meets Ford and Honda Specs is a better synthetic blend than the products that are sold as blends.
Oil change intervals - DO what will make you sleep better.
The maintenance on my car is a necessary evil. It is way down on my priority list of what is important in my life. 5000 miles works for me. Actually I aim for 4000 but inevitably I let get sidetracked and it ends up being a another 6/7 hundred miles before I actually do the oil change. For the record the most mileage I've put on a car is 187,000 miles before selling it. (1994 Acura Integra, 5spd manual) So maybe those of you that encourage 3000 mile changes may know something I don't regarding wear after 187k.
For what it's worth: Quaker State warranties engines which use their oil and change every 4000 miles all the way t0 10 years and 250,000 miles. I hear Pennzoil has a similar offer.
Change the oil every X,XXX miles or XX months which ever comes first.
If not why not just change it at 6 months with Genuine Honda Motor Oil just to be safe? The break-in properties are due to the high qty of molybendum (sp?) in the oil. Other consumer oils have moly in them too (Castrol GTX) just not as high as the factory fill from Honda.
regardless, at ~1500 miles a year you aren't in too much danger of damaging anything. You will never drive the car enough to know.
Where are you when I'm looking to buy a used car? I always find the guy doing 45,000 miles a year, uses their car as a dining room, has 3 dogs, and 2 kids who always spill things. And then he wants Blue Book retail value for his car.
For fun? $22,000 for fun? wow! I hope that I have that luxury one of these days. Congratulations on being able to do that.
Aggie: I rather buy a car from a guy who drives his car more then the average ( say 15,000 miles a year) insteasd of someone who barely breaks 2000 miles a year.
you'd rather have a 5 Year Old Honda Accord EX with 75,000 miles and the wear and tear that goes with that compared to a 5 Year Old Honda Accord EX with 10,000 miles and still looks fantastic inside and out because of the low miles? What about a 2 year old car with 30,000 vs. 4000 miles?
I'd would be concerned that the low mileage guy did not do enough maintenance but if they could prove to me that they had taken care of their low mileage car, I'd buy it in a heartbeat.
Sludge could be an issue, but then a high mileage Honda could have transmission issues, brake rotors, emmissions, timing belt(pre-2003), fuel supply, or any of the other issues that pop up on all vehicles as they approach the 100k mile mark. You take your chances I guess. I'd rather take my chance on a potential sludge problem than a more likely age and wear related problem.
But to each his own.
You've been on Terry's board enough to know that the cost of a 4 or 5 year old Honda regardless of the mileage is not going to vary by a whole lot. Most of the depreciation is already gone.
Transmission: Well I've never had a transmission prob with a Honda either but you know from this board that there are several people that have had them. It isn't out of the realm of possibility.
We splitting hairs here. I would never buy a car older than 5 years old, just not my thing. And I would choose the lower mileage car over the high mileage car anyday as long as the $ difference between the two was reasonable. But I know you and Anon have had years of experience buying used Honda's so I'll defer to your experienec here.
Response to post 786: You had an 02 Mitsu Eclpise with 72K miles on it? Thats alot of miles in a short period of time. Sometimes I wonder where people go in these cars.
mine just started "occasionally" doing that too. don't really know what to tell ya...
So I guess I can't really speak on which is better. I just know it's easier to get my money back on the higher mileage ones.
Sorry, I posted the wrong car information.
My old car was a Mitsubishi Eclipse GS 5sp 1992 with 72k on the clock, not a 2002. Sorry for the typo. I sold it to get the 03 Accord EX-L 5sp MT and I love it. Cannot find anything wrong with this car.
Hey, does a gti 1.8 ride any softer than my type S ? Back kills me, but I'm 65 yrs.old.
My Civic had more soft-touch surfaces, as you have described them, than my new Accord. However, the same is evident in many new models. The IS300 is another example.
It's not a trend I especially like, but rather accept.
Of course if you want to change your oil every 3000 miles (why not 2000, or every 1000 miles - after all the oil gets dirty right away) to give you a feeling of security that is your choice.
In addition to the cost of the oil changes, there is the cost of your time, driving back and forth to the dealer or garage (figure 0.40/mi) and waiting (what is your time worth?), and impact to the environment. Figuring that in, runs the cost of all those additional changes to many thousands of dollars. Given that an engine will wear anyway, it really would be cheaper to just replace or rebuild the engine after 200k.
I'm going to follow what is recommended for my new Accord. I have ZERO DOUBT I will have trouble-free service.
Thanks!
they have a silver 6-speed Accord coupe...and I think when I'm on the floor to sell Saturday night...I'll BEG the first customer in the door to ask to test drive it so I can enjoy that first quarter mile before the customer takes over...
I just wish they weren't $28K cars...I am about to sell the things and I can't even justify 28 large for a midsize Accord...how am I going to sell the value to the customer? Maybe I just think cheap, heck, I work on and drive $200 clunkers as a hobby...
Think about it....you're not trying to convince someone to buy the new Malibu.
What part of Dallas? I work in Dallas and if I have time, I'll come in Monday and be the customer who wants to look at that car.
*cries a river*
the other guys in my training class all ended up as new sales...I wonder why they singled me out for used cars when I was the only one to pass all the 2003 and 2004 Honda product knowledge quizzes with no mistakes...???
Especially if the dealer is in critical growth or survival mode, it will treat pre-owned sales with as much, if not more, importance as new car sales because of the cash flow from used car profits.
If you makes friends with the new car salesfolks to refer their spill-over prospects to you (and vice-versa), my guess is that the income potential will very lucrative as a used car salesperson.
Silly question, but does anyone know if Remote Keyless Entry is a standard on Honda Accords, specifically 2001 EX 4 cyl.?
Thanks
I have my 6x9s done and I will probably attempt to do my 6.5 components this week, once my new speakers arrive (MB Quart).
Where exactly on the a-pillar did you mount your tweeter?
When you took out the 6.5" speaker, did you see another wire running up to the tweeter in the dash? It is very easy to get to the tweeter (just pop off the cover), but I am not sure where that wire runs to. Behind the headunit there is only one wire that must branch off to the tweet and woofer somewhere else behind the dash. It is either that or the tweeter is connected to the woofer (my hope). I would prefer to mount the tweeter in the same location as the factory one. I'd just use their wire since running a new wire would be a major pain.
Thanks for any input you can provide.
FYI about 6.5" speakers: two different shops I have spoke with have said that most 6.5" speakers will fit with no modifications needed. Installation of the components in the front has been estimated at $130 with new wiring. The only obstacle I have in getting them installed myself is where that tweeter wire goes. If it is behind the dash I'll probably do what cstiles did and mount the tweeter elsewhere.