Hmmm, No common sense? Manual is just a guide line. My '98 CRV had absolutely nothing wrong other than tires and one brake job not counting incidentals like OFL. It logged 280K Km so far, no noise, no clunk, not burning/leaking oil, no smoke from tail pipe. Oh, dash clock went dead which I repaired once and it is dead again. I think the display tube burnt out now. I intend to drive until it really fall apart. I am getting itch to buy a new car but how can I abandon such a good CRV? Wife and kids all drive new cars but not me. I think that '99 CRV was abused, not broken in properly by first owner.