Elliot Richmond

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