So I take it you will consider a Honda in your next purchase?
The manual for my 2011 CRV calls for listening to the valves and decide if it needs adjustment. In recent history I have not needed valve adjustment for any other brand of car I have had, so is this a Honda thing and also how accurate could “listening” be, very subjective IMO.
Apparently me and OK were typing at the same time, so seems like my thought that listening is BS has been validated.