Questions about new Accord

so where is your oil analysis? why does the "expert" change synthetic
oil after only 8.5k?

i'm unimpressed with your formula btw. that may have been an
approximation from back in the 70's, but we've moved on a little since
then...

 

so where is your oil analysis? why does the "expert" change synthetic
oil after only 8.5k?

i'm unimpressed with your formula btw. that may have been an
approximation from back in the 70's, but we've moved on a little since
then...

 

<snip crap>

let's go back to where all this b.s. started. you said:
"I am actually quite an expert on the subject of oil changes".

apparently that's not true since you don't seem to know /why/ oil needs
to get changed - and no, it's not the color - or seem to bother with oil
analysis.

basically dude, if you don't know stuff, that's fine, but don't try to
bullshit your way out of the corner you've painted yourself into. and
/definitely/ don't try to bullshit people that /do/ know more than you.
if you bothered to pay attention, maybe you'd even learn something.

 

<snip crap>

let's go back to where all this b.s. started. you said:
"I am actually quite an expert on the subject of oil changes".

apparently that's not true since you don't seem to know /why/ oil needs
to get changed - and no, it's not the color - or seem to bother with oil
analysis.

basically dude, if you don't know stuff, that's fine, but don't try to
bullshit your way out of the corner you've painted yourself into. and
/definitely/ don't try to bullshit people that /do/ know more than you.
if you bothered to pay attention, maybe you'd even learn something.

 

Because Brian and Otis KNOW BETTER, didn't you read? They're EXPERTS.

And you know, it isn't every day that you run across EXPERTS on the
Usenet. Cherish the time they spend with us.

 

Because Brian and Otis KNOW BETTER, didn't you read? They're EXPERTS.

And you know, it isn't every day that you run across EXPERTS on the
Usenet. Cherish the time they spend with us.

 

Is that current?

And how does that matter to how Honda does it?

 

Is that current?

And how does that matter to how Honda does it?

 

I'd like to see it integrated into the touch screen for vehicles with
the navi system.

 

I'd like to see it integrated into the touch screen for vehicles with
the navi system.

 

i'm sure it'll happen, but the problem is that the navigation system is
a specialist package, just like the engine management system is a
specialist package. the guys that design one, don't design the other.
to integrate them means having them both hosted by yet another system.
then you're looking at a car whose software takes 4 minutes to boot
before the engine runs and... well, it won't be that bad, but "modular"
and "stand alone" make a lot of sense.

 

i'm sure it'll happen, but the problem is that the navigation system is
a specialist package, just like the engine management system is a
specialist package. the guys that design one, don't design the other.
to integrate them means having them both hosted by yet another system.
then you're looking at a car whose software takes 4 minutes to boot
before the engine runs and... well, it won't be that bad, but "modular"
and "stand alone" make a lot of sense.

 

Not necessarily experts, but we apparently know what works the best for
our applications and that is the bottom line.

In much the same way in which we cherish the amount of time you not
necessarily yourself, but certainly little Jimmy spends here dispensing
*wisdom*.

 

Not necessarily experts, but we apparently know what works the best for
our applications and that is the bottom line.

In much the same way in which we cherish the amount of time you not
necessarily yourself, but certainly little Jimmy spends here dispensing
*wisdom*.

 

My '04 Navi takes about 30 seconds to load and be useful, which also
includes all of the controls for a lot of other functions (though
there are push button controls available as well, but they're no fun
to use!).

In a not too distant future, touchscreen controls will be common place
for even low end models as they become less expensive and easier to
program and wire to PLC type controls (I frequently use them for
equipment designs, and small touch screens can be had quite cheaply
these days, as well as PLC controls). All that is needed to interface
the two is a network cable.

 

My '04 Navi takes about 30 seconds to load and be useful, which also
includes all of the controls for a lot of other functions (though
there are push button controls available as well, but they're no fun
to use!).

In a not too distant future, touchscreen controls will be common place
for even low end models as they become less expensive and easier to
program and wire to PLC type controls (I frequently use them for
equipment designs, and small touch screens can be had quite cheaply
these days, as well as PLC controls). All that is needed to interface
the two is a network cable.

 

Absolutely. Because you know EVERYTHING about how your engine is
designed and manufactured--more so than even the engineers who designed
it.

Oh no, we cherish the time YOU choose to spend here, dispensing your
wisdom.

 

Absolutely. Because you know EVERYTHING about how your engine is
designed and manufactured--more so than even the engineers who designed
it.

Oh no, we cherish the time YOU choose to spend here, dispensing your
wisdom.

 

Here is the formula BMW uses for their oil change messaging:

e = a(1 + t + r) = estimated mileage

a= actual mileage

t = 1 if engine temp below operating temp, else t = 0

r = .5 if engine above 4500 RPM, else r = 0

You should see that this simple estimating formula pretty much
is sheer mileage-based for the average adult driver tooling around
town or out in the country. One of its major flaws is it doesn't
take into account engine run time (say, for a person who does
a lot of sitting daily in city traffic commuting).

----

Even without run time information, it is totals revs. If you factor
someone living in an area such as the SF Bay, idling in traffic for
say 30 minutes a day each way (a relatively low number for many!) at
700 rpm would add >40K revs per day multiplied by the mileage.

 

Here is the formula BMW uses for their oil change messaging:

e = a(1 + t + r) = estimated mileage

a= actual mileage

t = 1 if engine temp below operating temp, else t = 0

r = .5 if engine above 4500 RPM, else r = 0

You should see that this simple estimating formula pretty much
is sheer mileage-based for the average adult driver tooling around
town or out in the country. One of its major flaws is it doesn't
take into account engine run time (say, for a person who does
a lot of sitting daily in city traffic commuting).

----

Even without run time information, it is totals revs. If you factor
someone living in an area such as the SF Bay, idling in traffic for
say 30 minutes a day each way (a relatively low number for many!) at
700 rpm would add >40K revs per day multiplied by the mileage.