I don't do hardly ANY work on our honda's (2000 civic and 2000 accord). Everything more complicated than replacing wiper blades goes to our local honda specialist auto shop (not the dealer). My family has been going there for a decade at least.
Just got the 45k checkup done on my civic - $150 which included oil change, a few other changes and a ton of inspections. The front brakes and rotors were also replaced for $180 I believe. Both of our cars have been running like champs for 6 years now just doing the scheduled maintenances every 15k miles and oil changes every 3-5k miles, per the honda specialists recommendations. Oh yeah, I did have to get the wifey a new set of tires around 60k.
I figure spending around $100/yr for routine checkups plus whatever we spend on extra oil changes isn't too bad to have a pro (who only works on hondas and toyotas) working on it instead of me. Occasionally I'll get the urge to try to learn how to fix stuff with the cars or do the maintenance myself, then I remember how lazy I am and how easy it is for me to make $100. And I'll probably screw it up anyway and end up paying 2x in repair costs to remedy my mistake.
Just got the 45k checkup done on my civic - $150 which included oil change, a few other changes and a ton of inspections. The front brakes and rotors were also replaced for $180 I believe. Both of our cars have been running like champs for 6 years now just doing the scheduled maintenances every 15k miles and oil changes every 3-5k miles, per the honda specialists recommendations. Oh yeah, I did have to get the wifey a new set of tires around 60k.
I figure spending around $100/yr for routine checkups plus whatever we spend on extra oil changes isn't too bad to have a pro (who only works on hondas and toyotas) working on it instead of me. Occasionally I'll get the urge to try to learn how to fix stuff with the cars or do the maintenance myself, then I remember how lazy I am and how easy it is for me to make $100. And I'll probably screw it up anyway and end up paying 2x in repair costs to remedy my mistake.