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Old 09-01-2009, 02:35 AM
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the first thing out of my good friend and personal mechanic's mouth was that honda does put a special break in oil in their new cars and that the oil should be used for a much longer period of time than usual. Do what you want, but I'll trust someone who knows what they are talking about, not my gut feeling based on what I did in the past.

based on the oil life meter on the fit, it tells me to drive about 9000 miles between oil changes. i got my first oil change at 5500 miles because that's what all the kids were doing. lol.
i think my oil life meter read 40% at that time... in other words, between 30 and 40%.
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Considering how inaccurate the MPG indicator is, how do we have any assurances that the oil life indicator is any better? I never saw an engine wear out from changing the oil too often. Oil and filters are cheap. Engines are not.

from what ive heard the oil life meter simply keeps count of the revs of the engine. so one would think it could be relied on more than the MPG display, which i assume is a more complex task.
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spin out...You may be right, but I will stay on the safe side. 4 quarts of Valvoline full synthetic and a good filter runs $24. Cheap insurance.
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spin out...You may be right, but I will stay on the safe side. 4 quarts of Valvoline full synthetic and a good filter runs $24. Cheap insurance.
true, I guess a lot of us just want to believe the maintenance minder works because it's convenient
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Just change it when you feel comfortable doing it. But following MM is not going to hurt you. I changed mine a 8300 b/c it was apparent that if my driving style remained the same, I was going to to around 14k miles. I just wasn't ready for that! But I'm resolved that I will go for it next time.
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I have over 1k miles on the Fit, and it's still showing 100% oil life. Based on that I think my first oil change will be with the 100k service.
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Cargun...Now that's cheap driving!
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I have over 1k miles on the Fit, and it's still showing 100% oil life. Based on that I think my first oil change will be with the 100k service.
It doesn't drop 1% at a time. Any day now you will look and it will say 90%.
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I'm just gonna change my oil every 6k miles when I rotate my tires.

That will just keep it easy, and I'll know when it's time to do one to just do the other and knock it out.
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