The owner's manual for my '06 says 5w-20 can be used if 0w- is not available. If your OLM is below 15%, consider getting some 5w-20 and changing it out as a stopgap until you can get the 0w-20. Besides the cold weather benefit of a 0w- , it seems that other HCH owners report a drop in fuel economy when they've gone to 5w-20 - so I'd still try and eventually get my hands on 0w-20.
On the 5w-20's - A previous poster nominated Motorcraft - I'd second that. I ran that in the wife's Element for the 1st oil change, until I swapped it out to PennPlat at the 2nd change.
You should be able to get the 0w-20 oil at two retail outlets:
- A local Honda dealer (Honda doesn't label theirs as synthetic, but it's still considered a pretty good oil. Made by ExxonMobil, from what we know.)
- WalMart (Mobil 1). Not all will carry it, but of the 4 WM that are near me, 3 of them do. I start looking for it when my OLM gets down to 20%.
Finally, you can get Amsoil via mail (I haven't tried it, but eventually will), or, you can get Pennzoil Platinum at a Yahoo! store - I think it's called 'oil-store.com' or some such - I got my current fill of PP there - been wanting to try it based on the great wear numbers I've seen with this oil (Mobil1, by comparison, seems to exhibit higher iron readings than I (& many other posters) would like to see from it. For now, I'm going with the PP and will post my 2nd oil change numbers once I get them (it's going to be a while, as I've got ~500mi on the first change now).
It took a few weeks for the PP to be shipped to me, so plan ahead if you're going this route.
I'd stay away from the 0w-30. Your FE will suffer, at the least. With the tight tolerances of the HCH engine, Honda wants a very thin oil in there.
As for driving 100mi to get the right item - I don't know that I'd do that. It costs a lot to feed 'the mule'; if you can get the oil delivered via UPS, etc, I think that's a better solution than driving 100 miles each way for a bottle of oil. Even at 50mi/gal (which I do achieve with the car), that's 4gal - $16, plus wear/tear on your car. It won't cost $16 to ship it, and the UPS truck is already out there with everyone else's packages.