Maintenance Reminders redux
 

Hi

I thought the group might appreciate this short tale. I shared with
you that I purchased a 2006 Honda Accord. It has now turned over
20.000 miles. Like clockwork, I got an email message from the service
facility at the dealer from whom I bought the car that it was due for
it's "20,000 mile service."

Well, I dug out the owners manual, and looked for a schedule. Instead,
it told me that the computer would tell me when the car needed
service. No mileage schedule. I remembered the collective wisdom of
this group and that this subject was discussed, so I dug through the
archives. No mileage schedule. I searched the internet. No mileage
schedule.

So, I replied to the email from the service facility, explaining that
all of the information I had was that the car would tell me when it
needed service and if the service manager knew something I did not
know, then he should share it with me. Particularly, I wanted to know
if there really was a mileage schedule that supplemented the
maintenance minders.

No reply after a week.

I think I will take my car, when it really does need service,
somewhere else.


Elliot Richmond
Itinerant astronomy teacher
Freelance science writer

Re: Maintenance Reminders redux
 

File
"Elliot Richmond" <xmrichmond@xaustin.xrr.xcom> wrote in message
news:auc6c3h58i85rchcamapffi1t4iirpijt6@4ax.com...
> Hi
>
> I thought the group might appreciate this short tale. I shared with
> you that I purchased a 2006 Honda Accord. It has now turned over
> 20.000 miles. Like clockwork, I got an email message from the service
> facility at the dealer from whom I bought the car that it was due for
> it's "20,000 mile service."
>
> Well, I dug out the owners manual, and looked for a schedule. Instead,
> it told me that the computer would tell me when the car needed
> service. No mileage schedule. I remembered the collective wisdom of
> this group and that this subject was discussed, so I dug through the
> archives. No mileage schedule. I searched the internet. No mileage
> schedule.
>
> So, I replied to the email from the service facility, explaining that
> all of the information I had was that the car would tell me when it
> needed service and if the service manager knew something I did not
> know, then he should share it with me. Particularly, I wanted to know
> if there really was a mileage schedule that supplemented the
> maintenance minders.
>
> No reply after a week.
>
> I think I will take my car, when it really does need service,
> somewhere else.
>
>
> Elliot Richmond
> Itinerant astronomy teacher
> Freelance science writer

Re: Maintenance Reminders redux
 

File
"Elliot Richmond" <xmrichmond@xaustin.xrr.xcom> wrote in message
news:auc6c3h58i85rchcamapffi1t4iirpijt6@4ax.com...
> Hi
>
> I thought the group might appreciate this short tale. I shared with
> you that I purchased a 2006 Honda Accord. It has now turned over
> 20.000 miles. Like clockwork, I got an email message from the service
> facility at the dealer from whom I bought the car that it was due for
> it's "20,000 mile service."
>
> Well, I dug out the owners manual, and looked for a schedule. Instead,
> it told me that the computer would tell me when the car needed
> service. No mileage schedule. I remembered the collective wisdom of
> this group and that this subject was discussed, so I dug through the
> archives. No mileage schedule. I searched the internet. No mileage
> schedule.
>
> So, I replied to the email from the service facility, explaining that
> all of the information I had was that the car would tell me when it
> needed service and if the service manager knew something I did not
> know, then he should share it with me. Particularly, I wanted to know
> if there really was a mileage schedule that supplemented the
> maintenance minders.
>
> No reply after a week.
>
> I think I will take my car, when it really does need service,
> somewhere else.
>
>
> Elliot Richmond
> Itinerant astronomy teacher
> Freelance science writer

Re: Maintenance Reminders redux
 

File
"Elliot Richmond" <xmrichmond@xaustin.xrr.xcom> wrote in message
news:auc6c3h58i85rchcamapffi1t4iirpijt6@4ax.com...
> Hi
>
> I thought the group might appreciate this short tale. I shared with
> you that I purchased a 2006 Honda Accord. It has now turned over
> 20.000 miles. Like clockwork, I got an email message from the service
> facility at the dealer from whom I bought the car that it was due for
> it's "20,000 mile service."
>
> Well, I dug out the owners manual, and looked for a schedule. Instead,
> it told me that the computer would tell me when the car needed
> service. No mileage schedule. I remembered the collective wisdom of
> this group and that this subject was discussed, so I dug through the
> archives. No mileage schedule. I searched the internet. No mileage
> schedule.
>
> So, I replied to the email from the service facility, explaining that
> all of the information I had was that the car would tell me when it
> needed service and if the service manager knew something I did not
> know, then he should share it with me. Particularly, I wanted to know
> if there really was a mileage schedule that supplemented the
> maintenance minders.
>
> No reply after a week.
>
> I think I will take my car, when it really does need service,
> somewhere else.
>
>
> Elliot Richmond
> Itinerant astronomy teacher
> Freelance science writer

Re: Maintenance Reminders redux
 

sorry,that was a typo.
"Slider" <daroy@(removethis)eastlink.ca> wrote in message
news:xsKwi.77507$Io4.8760@edtnps89...
> File
> "Elliot Richmond" <xmrichmond@xaustin.xrr.xcom> wrote in message
> news:auc6c3h58i85rchcamapffi1t4iirpijt6@4ax.com...
>> Hi
>>
>> I thought the group might appreciate this short tale. I shared with
>> you that I purchased a 2006 Honda Accord. It has now turned over
>> 20.000 miles. Like clockwork, I got an email message from the service
>> facility at the dealer from whom I bought the car that it was due for
>> it's "20,000 mile service."
>>
>> Well, I dug out the owners manual, and looked for a schedule. Instead,
>> it told me that the computer would tell me when the car needed
>> service. No mileage schedule. I remembered the collective wisdom of
>> this group and that this subject was discussed, so I dug through the
>> archives. No mileage schedule. I searched the internet. No mileage
>> schedule.
>>
>> So, I replied to the email from the service facility, explaining that
>> all of the information I had was that the car would tell me when it
>> needed service and if the service manager knew something I did not
>> know, then he should share it with me. Particularly, I wanted to know
>> if there really was a mileage schedule that supplemented the
>> maintenance minders.
>>
>> No reply after a week.
>>
>> I think I will take my car, when it really does need service,
>> somewhere else.
>>
>>
>> Elliot Richmond
>> Itinerant astronomy teacher
>> Freelance science writer
>
>

Re: Maintenance Reminders redux
 

sorry,that was a typo.
"Slider" <daroy@(removethis)eastlink.ca> wrote in message
news:xsKwi.77507$Io4.8760@edtnps89...
> File
> "Elliot Richmond" <xmrichmond@xaustin.xrr.xcom> wrote in message
> news:auc6c3h58i85rchcamapffi1t4iirpijt6@4ax.com...
>> Hi
>>
>> I thought the group might appreciate this short tale. I shared with
>> you that I purchased a 2006 Honda Accord. It has now turned over
>> 20.000 miles. Like clockwork, I got an email message from the service
>> facility at the dealer from whom I bought the car that it was due for
>> it's "20,000 mile service."
>>
>> Well, I dug out the owners manual, and looked for a schedule. Instead,
>> it told me that the computer would tell me when the car needed
>> service. No mileage schedule. I remembered the collective wisdom of
>> this group and that this subject was discussed, so I dug through the
>> archives. No mileage schedule. I searched the internet. No mileage
>> schedule.
>>
>> So, I replied to the email from the service facility, explaining that
>> all of the information I had was that the car would tell me when it
>> needed service and if the service manager knew something I did not
>> know, then he should share it with me. Particularly, I wanted to know
>> if there really was a mileage schedule that supplemented the
>> maintenance minders.
>>
>> No reply after a week.
>>
>> I think I will take my car, when it really does need service,
>> somewhere else.
>>
>>
>> Elliot Richmond
>> Itinerant astronomy teacher
>> Freelance science writer
>
>

Re: Maintenance Reminders redux
 

sorry,that was a typo.
"Slider" <daroy@(removethis)eastlink.ca> wrote in message
news:xsKwi.77507$Io4.8760@edtnps89...
> File
> "Elliot Richmond" <xmrichmond@xaustin.xrr.xcom> wrote in message
> news:auc6c3h58i85rchcamapffi1t4iirpijt6@4ax.com...
>> Hi
>>
>> I thought the group might appreciate this short tale. I shared with
>> you that I purchased a 2006 Honda Accord. It has now turned over
>> 20.000 miles. Like clockwork, I got an email message from the service
>> facility at the dealer from whom I bought the car that it was due for
>> it's "20,000 mile service."
>>
>> Well, I dug out the owners manual, and looked for a schedule. Instead,
>> it told me that the computer would tell me when the car needed
>> service. No mileage schedule. I remembered the collective wisdom of
>> this group and that this subject was discussed, so I dug through the
>> archives. No mileage schedule. I searched the internet. No mileage
>> schedule.
>>
>> So, I replied to the email from the service facility, explaining that
>> all of the information I had was that the car would tell me when it
>> needed service and if the service manager knew something I did not
>> know, then he should share it with me. Particularly, I wanted to know
>> if there really was a mileage schedule that supplemented the
>> maintenance minders.
>>
>> No reply after a week.
>>
>> I think I will take my car, when it really does need service,
>> somewhere else.
>>
>>
>> Elliot Richmond
>> Itinerant astronomy teacher
>> Freelance science writer
>
>

Re: Maintenance Reminders redux
 

Elliot Richmond <xmrichmond@xaustin.xrr.xcom> wrote in
news:auc6c3h58i85rchcamapffi1t4iirpijt6@4ax.com:

> Hi
>
> I thought the group might appreciate this short tale. I shared with
> you that I purchased a 2006 Honda Accord. It has now turned over
> 20.000 miles. Like clockwork, I got an email message from the service
> facility at the dealer from whom I bought the car that it was due for
> it's "20,000 mile service."
>
> Well, I dug out the owners manual, and looked for a schedule. Instead,
> it told me that the computer would tell me when the car needed
> service. No mileage schedule. I remembered the collective wisdom of
> this group and that this subject was discussed, so I dug through the
> archives. No mileage schedule. I searched the internet. No mileage
> schedule.
>
> So, I replied to the email from the service facility, explaining that
> all of the information I had was that the car would tell me when it
> needed service and if the service manager knew something I did not
> know, then he should share it with me. Particularly, I wanted to know
> if there really was a mileage schedule that supplemented the
> maintenance minders.
>
> No reply after a week.
>
> I think I will take my car, when it really does need service,
> somewhere else.
>
>
> Elliot Richmond
> Itinerant astronomy teacher
> Freelance science writer



You can bring your car someplace else, but if that someplace else is
another franchised dealer, you will be faced with the same annoyance. You
may even face the same problem with a well-run independent garage if you
end up on their mailing list.

You see, it is the business of businesses to try to drum up business.
Advertising is how they grow; part of how they manage to turn a profit and
thereby employ persons (such as yourself) to perform the work that needs
doing in the course of doing business.

Caveat emptor, remember? The smart buyer spends only what is necessary, and
most of all, /knows/ what is necessary.

Having said all the above though, I find myself compelled to say that there
is no such thing as too much service. Your car is like a woman: it loves
attention and will respond well to it.



--
Tegger

The Unofficial Honda/Acura FAQ
www.tegger.com/hondafaq/

Re: Maintenance Reminders redux
 

Elliot Richmond <xmrichmond@xaustin.xrr.xcom> wrote in
news:auc6c3h58i85rchcamapffi1t4iirpijt6@4ax.com:

> Hi
>
> I thought the group might appreciate this short tale. I shared with
> you that I purchased a 2006 Honda Accord. It has now turned over
> 20.000 miles. Like clockwork, I got an email message from the service
> facility at the dealer from whom I bought the car that it was due for
> it's "20,000 mile service."
>
> Well, I dug out the owners manual, and looked for a schedule. Instead,
> it told me that the computer would tell me when the car needed
> service. No mileage schedule. I remembered the collective wisdom of
> this group and that this subject was discussed, so I dug through the
> archives. No mileage schedule. I searched the internet. No mileage
> schedule.
>
> So, I replied to the email from the service facility, explaining that
> all of the information I had was that the car would tell me when it
> needed service and if the service manager knew something I did not
> know, then he should share it with me. Particularly, I wanted to know
> if there really was a mileage schedule that supplemented the
> maintenance minders.
>
> No reply after a week.
>
> I think I will take my car, when it really does need service,
> somewhere else.
>
>
> Elliot Richmond
> Itinerant astronomy teacher
> Freelance science writer



You can bring your car someplace else, but if that someplace else is
another franchised dealer, you will be faced with the same annoyance. You
may even face the same problem with a well-run independent garage if you
end up on their mailing list.

You see, it is the business of businesses to try to drum up business.
Advertising is how they grow; part of how they manage to turn a profit and
thereby employ persons (such as yourself) to perform the work that needs
doing in the course of doing business.

Caveat emptor, remember? The smart buyer spends only what is necessary, and
most of all, /knows/ what is necessary.

Having said all the above though, I find myself compelled to say that there
is no such thing as too much service. Your car is like a woman: it loves
attention and will respond well to it.



--
Tegger

The Unofficial Honda/Acura FAQ
www.tegger.com/hondafaq/

Re: Maintenance Reminders redux
 

Elliot Richmond <xmrichmond@xaustin.xrr.xcom> wrote in
news:auc6c3h58i85rchcamapffi1t4iirpijt6@4ax.com:

> Hi
>
> I thought the group might appreciate this short tale. I shared with
> you that I purchased a 2006 Honda Accord. It has now turned over
> 20.000 miles. Like clockwork, I got an email message from the service
> facility at the dealer from whom I bought the car that it was due for
> it's "20,000 mile service."
>
> Well, I dug out the owners manual, and looked for a schedule. Instead,
> it told me that the computer would tell me when the car needed
> service. No mileage schedule. I remembered the collective wisdom of
> this group and that this subject was discussed, so I dug through the
> archives. No mileage schedule. I searched the internet. No mileage
> schedule.
>
> So, I replied to the email from the service facility, explaining that
> all of the information I had was that the car would tell me when it
> needed service and if the service manager knew something I did not
> know, then he should share it with me. Particularly, I wanted to know
> if there really was a mileage schedule that supplemented the
> maintenance minders.
>
> No reply after a week.
>
> I think I will take my car, when it really does need service,
> somewhere else.
>
>
> Elliot Richmond
> Itinerant astronomy teacher
> Freelance science writer



You can bring your car someplace else, but if that someplace else is
another franchised dealer, you will be faced with the same annoyance. You
may even face the same problem with a well-run independent garage if you
end up on their mailing list.

You see, it is the business of businesses to try to drum up business.
Advertising is how they grow; part of how they manage to turn a profit and
thereby employ persons (such as yourself) to perform the work that needs
doing in the course of doing business.

Caveat emptor, remember? The smart buyer spends only what is necessary, and
most of all, /knows/ what is necessary.

Having said all the above though, I find myself compelled to say that there
is no such thing as too much service. Your car is like a woman: it loves
attention and will respond well to it.



--
Tegger

The Unofficial Honda/Acura FAQ
www.tegger.com/hondafaq/

Re: Maintenance Reminders redux
 

Tegger <tegger@tegger.c0m> wrote in
news:Xns998DD1E5312EAtegger@207.14.116.130:

> Elliot Richmond <xmrichmond@xaustin.xrr.xcom> wrote in
> news:auc6c3h58i85rchcamapffi1t4iirpijt6@4ax.com:
>
>> Hi
>>
>> I thought the group might appreciate this short tale. I shared with
>> you that I purchased a 2006 Honda Accord. It has now turned over
>> 20.000 miles. Like clockwork, I got an email message from the
>> service facility at the dealer from whom I bought the car that it was
>> due for it's "20,000 mile service."
>>
>> Well, I dug out the owners manual, and looked for a schedule.
>> Instead, it told me that the computer would tell me when the car
>> needed service. No mileage schedule. I remembered the collective
>> wisdom of this group and that this subject was discussed, so I dug
>> through the archives. No mileage schedule. I searched the internet.
>> No mileage schedule.
>>
>> So, I replied to the email from the service facility, explaining that
>> all of the information I had was that the car would tell me when it
>> needed service and if the service manager knew something I did not
>> know, then he should share it with me. Particularly, I wanted to know
>> if there really was a mileage schedule that supplemented the
>> maintenance minders.
>>
>> No reply after a week.
>>
>> I think I will take my car, when it really does need service,
>> somewhere else.
>>
>>
>> Elliot Richmond
>> Itinerant astronomy teacher
>> Freelance science writer
>
>
>
> You can bring your car someplace else, but if that someplace else is
> another franchised dealer, you will be faced with the same annoyance.
> You may even face the same problem with a well-run independent garage
> if you end up on their mailing list.
>
> You see, it is the business of businesses to try to drum up business.
> Advertising is how they grow; part of how they manage to turn a profit
> and thereby employ persons (such as yourself) to perform the work that
> needs doing in the course of doing business.
>
> Caveat emptor, remember? The smart buyer spends only what is
> necessary, and most of all, /knows/ what is necessary.
>
> Having said all the above though, I find myself compelled to say that
> there is no such thing as too much service. Your car is like a woman:
> it loves attention and will respond well to it.
>
>
>

I just got a service reminder for my 94 GSR that was stolen,stripped and
torched the end of June. No email addy listed so I could update them and
have them delete me and that car from their database.

I've already updated Carfax in case St.Farm sells the carcass and someone
tries to refurb and sell it.

--
Jim Yanik
jyanik
at
kua.net

Re: Maintenance Reminders redux
 

Tegger <tegger@tegger.c0m> wrote in
news:Xns998DD1E5312EAtegger@207.14.116.130:

> Elliot Richmond <xmrichmond@xaustin.xrr.xcom> wrote in
> news:auc6c3h58i85rchcamapffi1t4iirpijt6@4ax.com:
>
>> Hi
>>
>> I thought the group might appreciate this short tale. I shared with
>> you that I purchased a 2006 Honda Accord. It has now turned over
>> 20.000 miles. Like clockwork, I got an email message from the
>> service facility at the dealer from whom I bought the car that it was
>> due for it's "20,000 mile service."
>>
>> Well, I dug out the owners manual, and looked for a schedule.
>> Instead, it told me that the computer would tell me when the car
>> needed service. No mileage schedule. I remembered the collective
>> wisdom of this group and that this subject was discussed, so I dug
>> through the archives. No mileage schedule. I searched the internet.
>> No mileage schedule.
>>
>> So, I replied to the email from the service facility, explaining that
>> all of the information I had was that the car would tell me when it
>> needed service and if the service manager knew something I did not
>> know, then he should share it with me. Particularly, I wanted to know
>> if there really was a mileage schedule that supplemented the
>> maintenance minders.
>>
>> No reply after a week.
>>
>> I think I will take my car, when it really does need service,
>> somewhere else.
>>
>>
>> Elliot Richmond
>> Itinerant astronomy teacher
>> Freelance science writer
>
>
>
> You can bring your car someplace else, but if that someplace else is
> another franchised dealer, you will be faced with the same annoyance.
> You may even face the same problem with a well-run independent garage
> if you end up on their mailing list.
>
> You see, it is the business of businesses to try to drum up business.
> Advertising is how they grow; part of how they manage to turn a profit
> and thereby employ persons (such as yourself) to perform the work that
> needs doing in the course of doing business.
>
> Caveat emptor, remember? The smart buyer spends only what is
> necessary, and most of all, /knows/ what is necessary.
>
> Having said all the above though, I find myself compelled to say that
> there is no such thing as too much service. Your car is like a woman:
> it loves attention and will respond well to it.
>
>
>

I just got a service reminder for my 94 GSR that was stolen,stripped and
torched the end of June. No email addy listed so I could update them and
have them delete me and that car from their database.

I've already updated Carfax in case St.Farm sells the carcass and someone
tries to refurb and sell it.

--
Jim Yanik
jyanik
at
kua.net

Re: Maintenance Reminders redux
 

Tegger <tegger@tegger.c0m> wrote in
news:Xns998DD1E5312EAtegger@207.14.116.130:

> Elliot Richmond <xmrichmond@xaustin.xrr.xcom> wrote in
> news:auc6c3h58i85rchcamapffi1t4iirpijt6@4ax.com:
>
>> Hi
>>
>> I thought the group might appreciate this short tale. I shared with
>> you that I purchased a 2006 Honda Accord. It has now turned over
>> 20.000 miles. Like clockwork, I got an email message from the
>> service facility at the dealer from whom I bought the car that it was
>> due for it's "20,000 mile service."
>>
>> Well, I dug out the owners manual, and looked for a schedule.
>> Instead, it told me that the computer would tell me when the car
>> needed service. No mileage schedule. I remembered the collective
>> wisdom of this group and that this subject was discussed, so I dug
>> through the archives. No mileage schedule. I searched the internet.
>> No mileage schedule.
>>
>> So, I replied to the email from the service facility, explaining that
>> all of the information I had was that the car would tell me when it
>> needed service and if the service manager knew something I did not
>> know, then he should share it with me. Particularly, I wanted to know
>> if there really was a mileage schedule that supplemented the
>> maintenance minders.
>>
>> No reply after a week.
>>
>> I think I will take my car, when it really does need service,
>> somewhere else.
>>
>>
>> Elliot Richmond
>> Itinerant astronomy teacher
>> Freelance science writer
>
>
>
> You can bring your car someplace else, but if that someplace else is
> another franchised dealer, you will be faced with the same annoyance.
> You may even face the same problem with a well-run independent garage
> if you end up on their mailing list.
>
> You see, it is the business of businesses to try to drum up business.
> Advertising is how they grow; part of how they manage to turn a profit
> and thereby employ persons (such as yourself) to perform the work that
> needs doing in the course of doing business.
>
> Caveat emptor, remember? The smart buyer spends only what is
> necessary, and most of all, /knows/ what is necessary.
>
> Having said all the above though, I find myself compelled to say that
> there is no such thing as too much service. Your car is like a woman:
> it loves attention and will respond well to it.
>
>
>

I just got a service reminder for my 94 GSR that was stolen,stripped and
torched the end of June. No email addy listed so I could update them and
have them delete me and that car from their database.

I've already updated Carfax in case St.Farm sells the carcass and someone
tries to refurb and sell it.

--
Jim Yanik
jyanik
at
kua.net

Re: Maintenance Reminders redux
 

Jim Yanik <jyanik@abuse.gov> wrote in
news:Xns998DDDC4E77F8jyanikkuanet@64.209.0.87:


>>
>
> I just got a service reminder for my 94 GSR that was stolen,stripped
> and torched the end of June.



A sad end for a fine car.

I'm so glad I live in the sticks where I do, well away from the anarchy of
the cities.


--
Tegger

The Unofficial Honda/Acura FAQ
www.tegger.com/hondafaq/

Re: Maintenance Reminders redux
 

Jim Yanik <jyanik@abuse.gov> wrote in
news:Xns998DDDC4E77F8jyanikkuanet@64.209.0.87:


>>
>
> I just got a service reminder for my 94 GSR that was stolen,stripped
> and torched the end of June.



A sad end for a fine car.

I'm so glad I live in the sticks where I do, well away from the anarchy of
the cities.


--
Tegger

The Unofficial Honda/Acura FAQ
www.tegger.com/hondafaq/