> I just purchased a brand new Accord and I'm reading the manual and breaking   
    > the car in (Yes Honda specifies breaking the car in) like we used to do in   
    > the old days. Honda specifies 5-20 detergent oil. The manual says synthetics   
    > are fine as long as they meet the specs for the regular oil. Somewhere in my   
    > neurons I remember that you have to flush out the petroleum based oil with a   
    > double oil change but I'm not sure. What is the general consensus on   
    > synthetics these days? Since I'm a Castoroil fan I would probably use their   
    > brand.    
    >    
    > Jim Haight    
      
      
   Wow, I am looking at this old post. It's now 2011 and I bought the Honda in   
   2002. The Honda is still going although my youngest daughter has it. I wish I   
   still had it. I fed it Castrol syntech every 5k which did the trick. The car   
   has over 250k miles on it and it is young :)     
      
   My next project is a 2009 VW MKV gti which I bought new. I have uploaded APR   
   stage II software on it, installed a better downpipe (Induktion motorsports)   
   and a BSH intake. I am ready to put a Magnaflow catback exhaust on it but the   
   wife has protested. She thinks that the neighbors will think I am a hillbilly   
   or something. Since Cape Cod summers are just as humid as Baltimore, I am   
   thinking of putting a Forge Twintercooler / intercooler on the front to keep   
   the turbo from heat soak. I ran around the cape all last summer and by the end   
   of the day, she just didn't want to eat pavement. I have maxed out all   
   possibilites of horsepower with the stock KO3 turbo and seriously thinking   
   about APR's KO4 turbo kit since I have the software in place.    
      
   Jim Haight RN  aka Jahmas   
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