I don't remember the list verbatim but I was looking at recommended service intervals for my car yesterday in class and it seems like we should all be servicing our vehicles on the severe service schedule. There was probably ten things listed, but what stuck out to me were primary use during temperatures higher than 90 degree F (coolant/oil I am guessing), operation in dusty areas (air filters), and frequent trips less than 5 miles or lots of stop and go driving.
Now, I figure we're all meticulous enough to be borderline obsessive when it comes to servicing our vehicles or maybe I am overgeneralizing, but I've always used a 5,000-7,500 or Honda "regular" service interval but have recently begun hypermiling so I question if EOC is similar to short trips/stop and go traffic on the engine and we should be changing our oil more frequently.
However, it seems we also take everything with a grain of salt and a healthy dose of skepticism/cynicism, so could this be a Honda ploy to help the dealerships earn money from service after point of sale? Or is it to possibly help the oils, lubricants, and filter companies?
Just thought it would be an interesting bit of discussion.
I've previously submitted oil samples to Blackstone laboratories for analysis, but that was just to determine synthetic oil life on my previous car (then it was totaled shortly after that oil change).
So yeah, just wondering how you all treat your vehicles.
