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Old 09-22-2006, 12:33 PM   #20 (permalink)
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Heh, I love 'dealership advice'. Reading through several of these threads 'Synthetic oil' threads we have the following:

"My dealer suggests/recommends"

...not to change to Synthetic until after 10K
...not to change to Synthetic until at least 15K
...not to change to Synthetic until at least 5K
...not to change to Synthetic until after the first oil change
...not to change to Synthetic until after the second oil change
...DONT USE SYNTHETIC, only use Honda oil or you'll void your warranty
...only use Honda oil
...don't change it yourself or you'll void your warranty
...start with a synthetic blend, then move to full synthetic on your next oil change (I think this is my personal favorite 'easing in synthetic, lol)
...change to synthetic any time you want, but don't change back
...change to synthetic any time you want
...so on and so forth

Many of these 'my dealer said' statements are quickly followed by the inevitable "My (blah blah) is ASE certified/Hond certified so they so know what they are talking about".

Hmmm...since there is no way they can all 'know what they are talking about' given the vastly differing 'suggestions' I suggest you do your own research, and make your own decisions as to the use of synthetic in your car.
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