What do you guys think about maintenance stuff? In other words what should be done to maintain the car?

I am at 80,000 miles right now. Changing the oil every 3,000. I bought my car at 76,000 and it was Honda Certified and all that. So thats a good thing obviously.

What should I do guys? Rotate tires every 6 months or something?

 

Rotate tires every 7,500 which is also when that little maitenance light comes changes to red from green.

You should start thinking about the timming belt/ water pump service that should get done at 90K.

Change tranny fluid, replace spark plugs and inspect brakes for wear.

 

gotta cop dat Haynes Repair Manual for $15, playa. there's a page in the first chapter taht tells you everythying to do for a maintenance schedule.

and you may be able to go 105k miles before the timing belt is recommended for changing. Start saving your money now b/c it's a $500 - $600 shop job for them to change both belts, waterpump, and possibly the power steering and alternator/ac belt as well.

maintenance is a biitch--especially on those used cars. that's the hidden cost that you don't see up front.

 

Yeah, but it's a Honda...relatively few maintence items (compared to some manufacteres) will keep it running for a long time.

 

well, since you just bought it, you'd probably be more comfortable if you did everything to it....save up about 100-150 and a weekend of work and do oil/filter, spark plugs, wires, dist cap, rotor, flush/fill tranny, air filter...while your down there you can check the condition of the cv joints, exhaust.....once you do that, you should be confident that its running as smoothly as it ever will, and then you can start you regular mainenance schedule from there.....also, if your just starting to do repairs...a Haynes manual is good, but a Helms is the #$$%...they're the manuals that the Honda shops use...they're like 60-70 bucks but well worth it...much more detailed and easier to read than the haynes....

 

The thing is he bought his car at 76k which means the owner got rid of the car for a reason, generally cause it needs work. It may not have a problem, but maintenance items are the same no matter brand car. A car with 76K is going to need brakes, maybe tires, timing change soon (90-97 is done at 90K), and possibly other minor things like plugs, wires, cap, rotor. The nice thing about Hondas is that usually this is all you need to do to get the car to run another 76K.

imo, one of the best things to do is look at the paint and interior of the car. Usually a person who takes care of these things takes care of the stuff under the hood too.

 

Exactly the point. When you finance a new car, you ain't gotta worry 'bout shiit 'cept making the payment. But now all these car companies are offering "certified used" cars. Well, you still gotta finance most of them--especially if you're fukcing with those luxury cars. But the problem now is that whereas you just financed a nicer used car at the rate of a newer, cheesier car at a payment you can afford, you also get hit with all these maintenance issues. Had I bought my '97 EX with $15,000 cash back in 11/99, I wouldn't have had a problem getting all the scheduled maintenance done. But when you gotta cough up the sizeable monthly payment ($300+) AND $150 to $300 for the scheduled 60k, 75k, 90k, 105k (timing belt for f22b1's) recommended maintenance checkups, that's when a mufukca has a tendency to slack on the maintenance.

I mean, you don't wanna change the timing belt with your car payment money so that the finance company has a perfectly maintaned car when they repo it.

All I'm saying is be mindful of the maintenance schedule/costs--especially if you're putting 30k+ miles a year on it (like I do).