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Originally Posted by GalaxyGreySi
As far as the oil life indicator is concerned, screw that POS. Oil changes every 5,000 miles, and services every 10,000. Don't miss your 30K service and your 50K, and you're good. DO NOT change your oil before 5,000 miles. It is special break-in oil from the factory. YOU NEED to keep it in the engine for 5k miles. TRUST ME on that one. You will suffer performance consequences if you do not. I HATE it when a customer comes in for an oil change at 1000 miles. Chevy and Ford got people believing that myth...
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This is the first new car I've ever owned that didn't get an oil change at 250 miles. Then again at 1000 miles. That includes Jeep, MINI, Volkswagen, etc... I've always done the same for engines I've built too. Oil is cheap, engines aren't.
Prior to my Si, I've ALWAYS changed the oil early and generally cut the filter open to see what's in there. You'd be amazed at the crap that the filter catches in a new engine. Hopefully Honda has less byproduct left during an engine build than the others I've owned. Maybe I'll have Honda save my original oil filter when I get the first oil change and I'll cut it open to see what's in there.