Synthetic Oil question

Forget it Seth...if you think that Hondas *routinely* go over 200,000 miles,
and that 10/10 people have Accords that lasted over 200,000 miles..then go
ahead.

Peace,
Polfus

 

That's twice in a row you've attempted to insult me.

So BITE ME, loser....and make teeth marks when you do, 'cause I am not a
kid, nor have I ever owned a Ford in my life.

Polfus

 

Spoken like someone who sees that jim spoke the truth.

Hurts, doesn't it?

 

so how old are you?

 

You do not think this is a rule?
Check the used cars listings in your area...
All these cars are still drivable.

 

Listen, fool, until the torque converter locks up, automatic
transmisssions operates in limited-slipping modes between engagement.
Z1 eases the engagement of gears by extending the slipping mode! Your
mother may like it smooth, but it's bad for your Honda transmissions

 

even f1 race cars, pretty much the ultimate in engineering design,
strive to achieve smooth transmission shifting in their semi-automatics.
not because they're driven by wussies, but because, as i've stated
repeatedly before, it mitigates fatigue in the transmission and drive
line. you need to study the effect of stress amplitude vs. fatigue
life. a bit of tribology wouldn't hurt you either.

 

Castrol Synthetic is your better Oil.

 

I went to eBay and checked there, which has a lot more listings. For
example, of all the completed listings for Honda Accords, all years, there
are 962 listings. Of those, 61 have stated over 200,000, and some listings
were rebuilt engines and others sold "as parts" or not running. That comes
out to about 6% of the total.

Of the current listings, there are 332 listings, of which 17 state over 200k
miles...with same thing as above. That comes to 5% of the total. Or another
way to look at it is 1294 total listings ( completed and current ) with 78
total over 200k = 6% of the total.

If you can point me to some other info that would help explain your
amazement at my amazement, then please give a link.

Your turn....

Peace,
Polfus

 

er, you're merely looking at cars for sale, not cars that are owned and
driven every day. better look in junk yards - those vehicles are at the
end of their life and hondas routinely have 200k, 300k, or more.

 

not so much stupid, ignorant. and if the manufacturers won't spill
their beans, then /everyone/ is ignorant.

 

You're confused, wise one. In race cars, as long as you don't get your
neck broken by the shift shocks, it's smooth, but to the average
consumer, barely noticeable shift shocks is smooth. As an analogy, a
hotdog goes with mustard is smooth..

Face it, you've got to have the coordination of a world-class gymnast
to shift gears precisely and smoothly. Now you have it, automated
manual transmission do the shifting with smoothness and a robotic
precision. Honda automatics are just that..

But Honda could never launch a marketing campaign for its automatic
transmission technologies that as it did for its VTEC engines.
Automatic transmissions, like hotdogs, are uniquely American.
Declaring a war against the norm is commit suicide.

Honda's automatic transmission design is superior, if you ask me. But
selling cars equiped with Honda's automatic transmission in North
American market is like is selling hotdogs garnished with plum sauce.
Bad for your health? NO!! And yet the taste is strange. What Honda
does is tell Joe Shmoe the consumer that adding cat piss to plum sauce
will make the damn thing taste just like mustard.

Now that is BAD!!!

 

in f1, it's not about the driver, it's about the peak loads on the
transmission. the more it jerks, the higher the peak load. the higher
the peak load, the lower the fatigue life. and, in racing, the lower
the peak load, the lighter the componentry can be to achieve a fatigue
life that will get it across the finish line in first place.

a street honda is not built for racing, but it's not built for an
infinite fatigue life either - that would make it too heavy. given that
there is no speed or power advantage to jerky shifting, and that there
is a substantial fatigue advantage [which happens also to benefit driver
comfort] to making it smooth, there is no logic in disregard.