Good God, what a car. I got into my first Acura 3 years ago. Neighbours were selling their 340,000km Tl, and I was driving a 94 tempo (daily) at the time. Have a 76SS Nova for fun, but the TL really rounded out my rides. I fell in LOVE with this car. I put 50,000 on it in 3 years. NEVER had a major issue, aside from tie rods, control arms and breaks.
Starter died last week. I was looking for parts, and have always toyed with changing mine to a 6-speed, but donor cars are hard to find here. While looking for parts I came across a 03 CL-S 6 speed. Original Owner, 230,000, no accidents. My heart jumped!
I called the guy, he only wanted 5500! I had to see the car, but was worried someone would steal it out from under neath me. Made an apt for the next day with the owner, and FLEW down the highway in a '92 cabriolet wolfsburg I borrowed from my parents. When I got there it was better than expected. He had mentioned he was the original owner, but this thing is CLEAN. ONLY issues I can tell is it might need a few bearings in the rear, the passenger side spoiler mount was loose, so he epoxied it. Other than that, and maybe a new clutch, she's perfect. The guy even said he wd-40d the nuts under the trunk to stop them from rusting... it shows.
So my first question is. GOOD GOD, How does anyone drive one of these without getting pulled over???? Also, this is everything I've wanted in a car. Its basically a FWD updated version of my Nova, and then some. I now have to sell the 76, and my 2002 TL ;)
Thanks for all the info I've pulled off the site as well. This is awesome!
Long time lurker, 2nd time poster ;)
Starter died last week. I was looking for parts, and have always toyed with changing mine to a 6-speed, but donor cars are hard to find here. While looking for parts I came across a 03 CL-S 6 speed. Original Owner, 230,000, no accidents. My heart jumped!
I called the guy, he only wanted 5500! I had to see the car, but was worried someone would steal it out from under neath me. Made an apt for the next day with the owner, and FLEW down the highway in a '92 cabriolet wolfsburg I borrowed from my parents. When I got there it was better than expected. He had mentioned he was the original owner, but this thing is CLEAN. ONLY issues I can tell is it might need a few bearings in the rear, the passenger side spoiler mount was loose, so he epoxied it. Other than that, and maybe a new clutch, she's perfect. The guy even said he wd-40d the nuts under the trunk to stop them from rusting... it shows.
So my first question is. GOOD GOD, How does anyone drive one of these without getting pulled over???? Also, this is everything I've wanted in a car. Its basically a FWD updated version of my Nova, and then some. I now have to sell the 76, and my 2002 TL ;)
Thanks for all the info I've pulled off the site as well. This is awesome!
Long time lurker, 2nd time poster ;)