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Old Feb 2, 2014 | 07:19 AM
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Hi everyone. I recently purchased my first Honda, a 2004 Grand Prix White w/ tan interior S2000. I've loved the car for years and was finally able to get my hands on one. It has 102,xxx miles on it, but is still in fantastic condition. This will be my year round DD, for my very short commute. Because I bought the car with so many miles, I was just curious what I should do first in terms on maintenance. The Subaru dealership I purchased it from performed an oil change, tire balance and cleaned the throttle body and injection system to correct a little rough idling. The brakes are also a little squeaky.

From reading around the forum a little I decided I probably need to do a transmission fluid change, differential fluid change, and get new brake pads. Is there anything else I should consider doing? Spark plugs maybe? I am in the Air Force and perform aircraft maintenance for a living, so I will probably do most of these tasks on my own to save money. Please let me know if I am leaving off anything vital. I come from the Volkswagen world and was pretty active in their online community and I'm looking forward to doing the same here.






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Old Feb 2, 2014 | 08:06 AM
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beautiful car! where in florida are you?
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Old Feb 2, 2014 | 08:18 AM
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beautiful car! where in florida are you?
Thank you sir. I'm in Fort Walton Beach, which is in the Florida panhandle.
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Old Feb 2, 2014 | 08:23 AM
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Originally Posted by cbs_24
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beautiful car! where in florida are you?
Thank you sir. I'm in Fort Walton Beach, which is in the Florida panhandle.
ouch thats far away. the orlando crowd is a good group of guys and girls.

great car though!!
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Old Feb 2, 2014 | 08:34 AM
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Welcome, I'm in FWB also!
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Old Feb 2, 2014 | 08:35 AM
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Originally Posted by Davo307
Originally Posted by cbs_24' timestamp='1391361529' post='22995177
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beautiful car! where in florida are you?
Thank you sir. I'm in Fort Walton Beach, which is in the Florida panhandle.
ouch thats far away. the orlando crowd is a good group of guys and girls.

great car though!!
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Do you have any suggestions on the maintenance?
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Old Feb 2, 2014 | 08:37 AM
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Originally Posted by mD5
Welcome, I'm in FWB also!

Awesome! Are there any local clubs or anything? I used to be in the local VW club, but I'm probably shunned now.
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Old Feb 2, 2014 | 09:03 AM
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Not any local club of any sort I'd be down to go for cruises and meets though I made a thread in the Alabama forum
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Old Feb 2, 2014 | 10:56 AM
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Originally Posted by mD5
Not any local club of any sort I'd be down to go for cruises and meets though I made a thread in the Alabama forum

Cool man, that sounds good to me. I need to get some of this maintenance done before I do anything crazy with the car though.
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Old Feb 2, 2014 | 12:21 PM
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if you need any help with that stuff LMK
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