Hello

Recently the experts here helped me out a lot with a problem I had with my '96 Civic CX Hatchback (throttle body warning light which proved to be a false positive).

My Civic is the world's greatest car - constant use for 6 years and one oxygen sensor gone down in that entire time. It has 100K miles on it. For the first 80K, I was very good about giving it the scheduled tune-ups recommended by Honda, always at a dealership. Some of my buddies bugged me about it, saying that I could spend less elsewhere, but I used the dealer's service anyway.

However, for the past 20K miles or so, I have not had any of the scheduled service done on it. I realize this is sort of stupid as service probably gets more important as the car gets older. Money is a bit tight this month but I want to do something. I am wondering - can anyone tell me which parts of the big Type 4 service job are the most important - i.e. if you were in my shoes and could only get a couple of things done, what would they be? The car is driven at least 2 hours every weekday in big city traffic and at least 5 hours a week on the highway.

I should say that I have continued to change the oil every 3500 miles like clockwork.

Any tips on what I should do right away, what can wait for a few more months? Thanks for any help, Nik