2016 May Newsletter

Join Ralph Honda and help support the Greece Ecumenical Food Shelf!! Any customer who gives a food or monetary donation from June 1st – June 18th, 2016 will receive a $5.00 off coupon for service!

Items on the Wish List: Canned Meats (beef stew, canned chicken, ham, spam, etc.), Canned Fruits, Hot Cereals, Baked Beans, All non-perishable items welcome. Items provided to families also include: Bar Soap, Toothpaste, Dish Soap, Toilet Paper. Monetary donations are used to provide: milk, bread, eggs, margarine and fresh meat! Thank you for your support!

2016 Honda Fit LX CVT $119.00 for 36 months. 5 door, HB, CVT. MSRP: $17,425. Model Code: GK5H5GEW. 36 month closed end lease. $2495 trade or cash down. First payment $595 acq. fee taxes & DMV fees due at signing. 12000 miles/year. $0.15 overage. To qualified buyers through AHFC. Offer valid through 7/5/16.

When it comes to routine maintenance, changing your oil is one of the more inexpensive services. Despite its relatively low cost, oil plays a vital, multifaceted role in your engine, and spending a little money on routine oil changes can help prevent you from forking over large sums of cash down the road.

Engine oil provides three key functions in a modern internal combustion engine. First of all, it helps keep engine components working smoothly together. Secondly, the inside of an engine, a place where there are thousands of controlled detonations happening every minute, can be a hot place, and oil helps draw heat away from the combustion chamber. Lastly, it helps prevent carbon and varnishes from accumulating in the engine.

There are many types of engine oil, but it’s fairly easy to determine what kind you should use in your car. Your owner’s manual should tell you the appropriate viscosity of oil – like 5W-30, for instance – that your engine requires, and the viscosity may also be stamped on the oil reservoir cap on the engine itself. Viscosity is the measure of how much resistance a fluid has to flowing. Many would refer to it as the “thickness” of fluid; honey has more viscosity than water, for example.

There’s more to oil, though, than just viscosity. The American Petroleum Institute certifies oil based on performance criteria determined by automakers, engine builders and oil producers. Oils that meet the standards receive the API Certification Mark, which should be easy to see on an oil container.

Oil changes are often recommended when a certain mileage or time limit is reached. The most familiar interval is 3,000 miles or three months, but what’s more important – the mileage or the time? Experts say trust the odometer, not the calendar. Driving has far more of an impact on your engine oil; if a car is sitting, there is less need to replace the engine oil. Oil-change intervals used to be much more frequent than they are today. Around 50 years ago, you would have had to change your oil every 500 miles.

Where and how you drive can influence how often you need to change your oil. Factors include extreme heat, towing a trailer, and driving where there’s dust and sand.

In short, it’s not pretty. One of the problems is that there will begin to be buildup in the cooler parts of the engine, like the crankcase and around the camshafts and valves. This can lead to carbon deposits, or sludge, coming out of the old oil. That could require an expensive engine cleaning or force you to replace worn-out piston rings.

It can get worse. The pistons could eventually seize or the camshafts could be damaged. Getting a bill for either one of these repairs would make even a few high-quality oil changes look like pocket change. Consider regular oil changes to be like really cheap insurance for your engine.

Congrats to Jessica & Nick (Technician) for the birth of their first child! Stephen Robert Lang April 30, 2016 at 9:44pm | 7.9lbs 20.5 inches

My son Luke, who is 10, wanted to see what I do at work so he shadowed me for the day. I explained to him all the different steps that go into selling cars and all the different jobs that are in a dealership. He had a tour of the dealership and saw the new expansion in progress. He is a sharp young man.

This recipe is compliments of our Assistant Business Manager Tom Martin and his wife Anne. Thank you for sending this delicious recipe in to us!

What You Need: 4 pork chops, 1 tablespoon olive oil, 1 cup Parmesan cheese (Kraft), 1 cup Italian bread crumbs, 1 tsp pepper, 1 tsp garlic powder

Make It: Combine garlic powder, pepper, Italian bread crumbs and Parmesan cheese. Rub pork chops with olive oil and then dip in cheese mixture until they are well covered. Line pan with tin foil and spray with cooking spray. Bake at 350 degrees for 40-45 minutes.

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