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Originally Posted By: The Critic I am just shaking my head at the completely baseless advice given by some members. Amazing. Valvoline not being stout enough? Wait until warranty expiration to begin using 0w-20? Purolator filters only for short intervals? And then a member who responds "sounds...

About the anticipated OCI's; I'm really not sure. From what I've been hearing over at the Honda forums from people who are using the Maintenance Minder, they're ranging from 6k to 10k miles. I think with my short distance driving I'm going to be at the lower end of this range. Honda's info on...

My VW has a spin-on filter that is at an angle, which I think is worse than the vertical. Somebody on a forum a while back had rigged up a pretty cool tool to make filter changes easier. He had taken a brass hose coupler (see pic for idea of item), stuck a couple feet of rubber hose on one end...

Originally Posted By: Eddie Good plan but, I would pick one brand of oil and stick with it and not just what is on sale at a given time. I considered this, and the reason was that I didn't want to mix additives. However there seems to be a prevailing line of thought on the forums that when it...

Originally Posted By: JRed What's your transmission maintenance plan consist of? It's a MT . . . and I hadn't thought of one. I'll get the service manual for the vehicle at some point and probably go with the interval suggested on there for changes. Honestly, I don't expect to put enough miles...

I'll be getting a 2011 Honda Fit soon and want to run my oil/filter plan by the forum. I've been lurking around unregistered for a while but recently really started reading up so I could get a plan together for this car, and then really stick with it (the key to success I believe). The car has...