California!!!!

[Serj22]

WAKE THE HECK UP NORTHERN CALIFORNIA!!! If anyone on these forums lives remotely near Northern California you better speak up. SoCal gets to ahve an awesome meet, and what do we have? Nothing. So Get your mountain fairing-boat driving, slope skiing buts on here, and let me know you're alive.

If you guys are good and awake, I'll call up a meet at the Arco arena lot or Fairgrounds ave. NOW WAKE UP!!

[GTCB-chris]

oh oh oh me me me!



too bad i live on the east coast...

haha, good luck

[Serj22]

oh oh oh me me me!



too bad i live on the east coast...

haha, good luck

I know for a fact there's at least 8 people in NorCal with a V on these forums, then I'll prowl the ridgeline and Element forums for others.

[GTCB-chris]

i wish there would be a myrtle beach meet.

[Serj22]

Haven't seen any other Mrytl Beachers yet.

[GTCB-chris]

or atleast the carolinas, or surrounding areas

[RebCRV]

Okay! I'm speaking up, I'm in No Cal, east bay. I've found a great person to do car bras, and a wonderful body shop, should anybody need some assistance finding those.

And I found what service center NOT to go to, just in case you need that info too....cough cough....Fairfield....cough cough.

[Serj22]

Really, the one in Fairfield is that bad? The one in Vallejo just wants you to pay for everything. If the mechanic or tech so much as touch the door handle, they want a $50 "touching fee" so to speak.:mad:

The one in Fairfield looks nice, and they have leather couches and wifi... but never had anything serviced there.

[denzCRV]

I'm central cali but keep me updated. Sometimes I may be up in the bay area so just let me know so I will drive the V up instead of the GX or 4Runner lol :p

[RebCRV]

Serj, the buying experience at Fairfield was great, the service has not been great. I'm really mad about how they handled this scratch they put in my car. I don't trust them to handle my car anymore. I know stuff can happen, but for him to say to me, "I'm not saying we did it but I'm going to offer you a loaner car and have our auto body guy repaint it," why not just say, "SORRY, we'll fix it?"

I'll probably end up going to Walnut Creek or Dublin. Unless I can find a non dealer person who can do all the service work so I don't void the warranty, which would be fine too. It just needs oil changes for the first 100,000, right?

[Serj22]

I think the dealer is supposed to handle the oil changes for warranty, but I'm not sure, I've never had them do it, they always want about $20 more than anyone else, and do the same thing, except other places vacuum out my car, rotate the tires, and clean the windows while the oil change is in progress. Honda charges extra for all that.

[Black Pearl]

From Page 277 & 278 of the 2009 Owners Manual:

Your authorized Honda dealer
knows your vehicle best and can
provide competent, efficient service.

However, service at a dealer is not
mandatory to keep your warranties
in effect. Maintenance may be done
by any qualified service facility or
person who is skilled in this type of
automotive service. Make sure to
have the service facility or person
reset the display as previously
described. Keep all receipts as proof
of completion, and have the person
who does the work fill out your
Honda Service History or Canadian
Maintenance Log. Check your
warranty booklet for more
information.
We recommend using Honda parts
and fluids whenever you have
maintenance done. These are
manufactured to the same high
quality standards as the original
components, so you can be confident
of their performance and durability.

US Vehicles: Maintenance,
replacement, or repair of
emissions control devices and
systems may be done by any
automotive repair establishment
or individual using parts that are
‘‘certified’’ to EPA standards.

According to state and federal
regulations, failure to perform
maintenance on the items marked
with will not void your emissions
warranties. However, all
maintenance services should be
performed in accordance with the
intervals indicated by the
information display.

[Serj22]

However, service at a dealer is not
mandatory to keep your warranties
in effect. Maintenance may be done
by any qualified service facility or
person who is skilled in this type of
automotive service. Make sure to
have the service facility or person
reset the display as previously
described. Keep all receipts as proof
of completion, and have the person
who does the work fill out your
Honda Service History or Canadian
Maintenance Log. Check your
warranty booklet for more
information.


As we like to say over here: BOOYA!

As for fluids... I can't immagine Honda makes a special oil... for well... oil, so you can get it done anywhere WHICH YOU SHOULD>

[Black Pearl]

Honda distributes oil, but it is nothing fancy--just out of the ground standard motor oil-albeit good quality. There were some threads discussing who made it etc.

Motor oil is the only fluid (other than gasoline and windshield washer fluid) that Honda does not insist on it being Honda branded to protect your warranty--at least on the gen 3s.

[Serj22]

Honda gasoline would be an interesting product... catering to people who worry that everything must come from the dealer.

[electric V]

Honda distributes oil, but it is nothing fancy--just out of the ground standard motor oil-albeit good quality. There were some threads discussing who made it etc.

I though it was fancy. Dosen't it come in a special bottle I think I have seen it.

Honda gasoline would be an interesting product... catering to people who worry that everything must come from the dealer.

Thats been my idea. Honda could build their oun hydrogen stations so people have to go to them to fill up their cars. But it takes money to make money
Then they could sell the FCX more freely instead of a three year no option lease at $600.00 a month.

[sccrv]

I am down for a meet.... no ones been replying to the other thread over at hondasuv.....................

[seesawbob]

Hi there. I live near Walnut Creek, CA.

[Serj22]

Walnut Creek's about 15 minutes away, so far we're getting a good coolective here. Let's keep this up till we got a full members list then we'll track down some people at the Ridgeline Owners Club and The Element Owners Club and see if there's some people local here as well.

[electric V]

Do you think that I should just borrow some people from school. We may end up with 50 people or so. Although I am very busy this summer.

[Serj22]

Do the people at school have Cr-v's elements, ridgelines.

Im not down for Civic's. They have their own meets in Mcdonald's parking lots and stuff, and they're nothing special, plus it would turn into a Civic fest with 300 Civics and 12 Cr-v's and a lonely ridgeline or something.

[Serj22]

It looks like Walnut Creek is going to be the center of everyone, but I don't know of anywhere there to do it.

[GTCB-chris]

rice fest 09!!!


only if civics are there

[Serj22]

My favorite is to see import meets and people show up with Dodge Neons...:rolleyes: If we allowed Civic's and Acuras, no one would pay attention to the Cr-v's with that much rice in one spot.

[electric V]

Do the people at school have Cr-v's elements, ridgelines.

those 50 are only V's I have only seen a few elments and ridglines there. And I don't know who drives them I have only seen the cars not he people and it is a JC so they could be people of any age.

[Serj22]

it is a JC so they could be people of any age.

Doesn't matter, now you just need the skill to approach them... and tell them of Crv-oc.;)

[electric V]

I was thinking fliers. I am hardly in class. Last semester me and my ex used to skip class and go out to breakfast or just go somewhere:D and my GPA is a 3.4:)

[Serj22]

I never go to a lot of classes, but it's required for work, and I still get A's. So it's not bad. Some classes just aren't necessary to go to.

Fliers... would be nice.;)

[GTCB-chris]

body paint and public nudity would draw attention, that might work too!:D

[Serj22]

HEre at the CRV_OC body painting and public nudity is not a good way to attract the appropriate attention that we want, people may think CRV-OC stands for something else.:eek:

[GTCB-chris]

when i was working at K-mart, me and my buddies though it would be a good idea to strip to our boxers and paint our bodies when we went to go hold the signs up by the highway....hahaha we actually got a lot of attention and business, if the boss was not homosexual, we would of lost our jobs, but instead he lost his...for sexual harassment. lol

[paodeejay]

present! i'm from south san francisco...:) I can go to club meet-ups just let me know!:)

[Serj22]

THERES ONE ON the 10th of OCTOBER!!! IN SAN LEANDRO MARINA! Element and CRV meet. BE THERE! Noon. Here's more info:
http://www.elementownersclub.com/forums/showthread.php?t=58879