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Re: Acura Tl Type S On Fire!

Posted: Dec 24th, 2012 9:13 pm
by lexani
dc200 wrote: what year was your TL? i've driven an 08 TL type S and loved it. that thing had brutal acceleration and amazing handling. 0-60 in 5.5 seconds is nothing to scoff at ya know. ;)

also the i heard the nsx is going to be around the same price as the gtr, which is a very good thing indeed.
Yeah, I'm curious to know if it was an older TL. The 04+ TL's and the 07-08 TL Type S were all great solid cars (minus the recall).

Re: Acura Tl Type S On Fire!

Posted: Dec 24th, 2012 9:16 pm
by EP32k2
dc200 wrote: what year was your TL? i've driven an 08 TL type S and loved it. that thing had brutal acceleration and amazing handling. 0-60 in 5.5 seconds is nothing to scoff at ya know. ;)

also the i heard the nsx is going to be around the same price as the gtr, which is a very good thing indeed.
It better be under $100k...

$80k for a sports car is good value. However, if it's near $100k or more only ***** would put out that kind of money for a glorified Honda. Rather be in a douche mobile like the 911s at that price point.

Re: Acura Tl Type S On Fire!

Posted: Dec 24th, 2012 9:19 pm
by milolai
lexani wrote: Yeah, I'm curious to know if it was an older TL. The 04+ TL's and the 07-08 TL Type S were all great solid cars (minus the recall).
we had a 2003 and a 2005. the 2003 was written off and replaced with a 2005.

No way the nsx will be 80k -

135k I am thinking.

The last one in 2005 was 135k

Re: Acura Tl Type S On Fire!

Posted: Dec 24th, 2012 9:33 pm
by lexani
ssainani wrote: we had a 2003 and a 2005. the 2003 was written off and replaced with a 2005.

No way the nsx will be 80k -

135k I am thinking.

The last one in 2005 was 135k
05 probably means the basic TL. The Type-S is a different species I'd say. My cousin had one of these before parting out a while back...

[IMG]http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3634/342 ... 0e4580.jpg[/IMG]

Re: Acura Tl Type S On Fire!

Posted: Dec 24th, 2012 9:42 pm
by milolai
lexani wrote: 05 probably means the basic TL. The Type-S is a different species I'd say[/IMG]
yes - ours was just a basic TL.

Since then i've had the pleasure of being in the TL-S and while it's much nicer than the basic model - it's still just a regular fwd car.

It's all nice and sporty until you drive a 335 and then you wonder why you ever owned it apart from the price.

Re: Acura Tl Type S On Fire!

Posted: Dec 24th, 2012 10:10 pm
by EP32k2
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ssainani wrote: yes - ours was just a basic TL.

Since then i've had the pleasure of being in the TL-S and while it's much nicer than the basic model - it's still just a regular fwd car.

It's all nice and sporty until you drive a 335 and then you wonder why you ever owned it apart from the price.
Agree 100%

I was about to pull the trigger on the last year of the 2nd gen TL-S. Aside from the power, it really wasn't that different from the accord LOL...love the look of the car though and it looks far different from the accord. It just didn't drive that different from it.

Re: Acura Tl Type S On Fire!

Posted: Dec 25th, 2012 3:16 am
by 240silvia
ssainani wrote: I dunno - when I bought it I visioned it as a sporty great car - but after owning it for a while I felt it was just a tarted up accord with glass transmission.

Cars personify you - right now I own a Forester for the winter and it makes me feel rugged and sporty. My summer S2000 makes me feel like a F1 driver. I am neither of the above :/

Nope - just 2 normal cars. And no problems with Acura dealers -- I'd love to be in a new NSX when/if it ever comes out (and if it's not 200k) Heck - we even want to go test drive the new RDX a few weeks ago.
lol, alright that's cool now I understand more.

The new RDX is nice, the older one isn't that good (imo.)

I think the TLs you had weren't that good, also you should have got the 6MT I hear it makes a huge difference. Either way sometimes a car just isn't your style, many people on this site seem to hate the RL while I love it!

Re: Acura Tl Type S On Fire!

Posted: Dec 25th, 2012 6:33 am
by zzz3
lexani wrote: 05 probably means the basic TL. The Type-S is a different species I'd say. My cousin had one of these before parting out a while back...

[IMG]http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3634/342 ... 0e4580.jpg[/IMG]
Those look like ragu rims :confused:

Re: Acura Tl Type S On Fire!

Posted: Dec 25th, 2012 9:07 am
by lexani
zzz3 wrote: Those look like ragu rims :confused:
Just to feed curious minds of curious trolls: They are Work Schwert SC1's.

[IMG]http://www.iputinwork.com/wp-content/up ... _tl_01.jpg[/IMG]

Check their site, last car listed towards the bottom:

http://www.iputinwork.com/?p=1575

Re: Acura Tl Type S On Fire!

Posted: Dec 25th, 2012 10:12 am
by zzz3
lexani wrote: Just to feed curious minds of curious trolls: They are Work Schwert SC1's.

[IMG]http://www.iputinwork.com/wp-content/up ... _tl_01.jpg[/IMG]

Check their site, last car listed towards the bottom:
http://www.iputinwork.com/?p=1575
no hypnotic, no care.

should be changed to iputinnasty; most work wheels (except vs and some s1) look ugly anyways

Re: Acura Tl Type S On Fire!

Posted: Dec 25th, 2012 2:58 pm
by penancez
OMG. That's brutal. I always hated Acura2000 service. Time to trade in my 08 tls in the new year.