robertpel9

I like my car and all i just bought it as a daily driver ( i have a corvette convertable for any nice days that i use more often than not). I bought it last year (14 months ago) it's a 99 2.3 it was in mint condition with 40K miles for 13,500 certfied from a local Acura dealer. The more i drive the car the more it just seems like a 2 door 94-97 accord. Seems like all the other acura cars are a little more distinguished (save the SLX). I dont know i am just wishing i never bought it. I wouldn't get much for it if i sold it so i know i am gonna keep it for a while. I guess i am just searching for some good news on this car. It's slow, the acura paint quality is horrible (fiancee has an integra, same issues). And it really is very bland. I know, why did i buy it you'd ask. It was an impulse buy but i want to like the car i really do. When i wax it and its super clean i take a liking to it but just wondering what you all thought. I mean we all own these cars gimme some good reasons why someone would want one?

97Cl22

If your comparing it to a corvette...hmm...it gets around better in the winter. Thats about it. Its a nice car , but not as nice as corvette class cars.

CLpower

it's just a glorified accord

d5c5b

man, stop complaining....ive got a 97...and first off, people dont even know what kind of car it is...atleast its not as popular as an accord, secondly.....people think its new and when i tell them its a 97 theyre blown away...so dont rub on the styling...i personally love my car (excluding its not rwd with 300hp)

BEETROOT

this is the worst place to say this I am sure, but I think the first gens are really ugly. always have. that sloping trunk...drives me nuts.

ATLcl98

I think its an affordable daily driver. You didn't mention if yours is auto or manual, which I think makes a difference. If I had an stock auto 1st gen, I'd feel bored off my ass. Then again, that's why most of us are here - we want to mod our car, express ourselves through our cars. Haven't you seen those new Autozone commercials? Anyway, start modding the car, and watch as it slowly (literally) turns into something you enjoy having. The styling isn't timeless, but its definitely not outdated. IMO, its a great car to drive to work, under the radar, but with a decent amount of features/amenities.

Haha, us 1st gens are defensive

SooDARK

Why don't people just keep their fucking mouths shut when they have shit like this to say?

Sarlacc

Yep the 1st gen is nothing more then a glorified accord coupe, but we get a front strut brace I used to hate the look of the CL same as Beetroot. But now I own one and i think its a very attractive car, specially when its black and clean. It has a distinguished design that has aged well. And while i see 50 a day in LA i know they are not a very common most other places (every car is common in LA)

And as stated before, most people dont know that the CL is an accord. Hell most people dont know what a CL is period! and yes people always ask if its a new car which is always nice. my only complaint is better side bolstering (better for my back) and MORE HP. the HP wouldnt have been an issue if the had made the V6 in mt, took forever to bring that back...

Anyway, enjoy your car, or just drive the vette more

PS: also as stated before with the 2.x it really does matter if you have a MT or AT, I personally wouldnt touch the 2.x with an AT with a 10 foot pole it would suck (no offense to 2.x AT drivers) but i wouldnt touch an AT period with any car

r3mix3r

I think i just shed a tear... Your going to hell for saying that! lol

BEETROOT

a little sensitive about this huh?

why do you care what I think about your car. you obviously like it or you wouldn't have bought it, or be on this website. thats all that matters.

ATLcl98

you're an ass.


But I still laughed

ib_jimmy

IMO, i think the 1gen have so much styles that other cars finally catching up with. the truck look weird but if u look at it from the side...it look fuckin out of this world. Side view is my fav view of the car. just slam...ww lip...and wheels, and the car look of the hook. I have soo much compelment about my car from people i know and people just walk in the street.

My WW TypeR lip is coming in....!!

BEETROOT

?

I'm guessing English is not your first language.

sorry I am just the asshole of this thread...I think I should be going now...

Minch00

The OEM spoiler makes it look SOOOOOO much better.

I hate it without a spoiler. Love it with. Which is why mine is on there.

ATLcl98

Nah its cool - everyone is entitled to their own opinion...You expressed yours in a way that would obviously make 1st gen'ers defensive and pissy. But hell - its a slow Friday at work, I don't mind one bit

BEETROOT

just trying to stir up an interesting conversation/argument.....
soooo bored at work today nothing is happening here either...

97Cl22

Did power go out again or something cause NOTHING is going on at my work either. Its so dead.:wackit:

ATLcl98

lol ironically i trade electricity for a living. But I trade the West Coast

legendaryCL98

I think the 1st gen CL looks tiite... i like my car very muchy!

SooDARK

beetroot- i'm not really mad, I just don't like the negative comments. Why would someone who doesn't like 1st gens be on this forum??

ib_jimmy

i think it look tight with or without the factory spoiler. i wanna see some aftermark one tho.

BEETROOT

I just hit 'view new posts' and saw this thread. Didn't mean any offense by it, just my own opinion.

But actually, the real bastard stepchild of Acura is the RSX!!!

cor

nobody believes me that my car is a '97, they all think its at least a 2001

rEmixnZZa

i thought it looked ugly wen i first bought it too (so did all my friends)
however...it grows on ya =) now i think it lookz sexxxxxxy hahah and my friends dun complain about it no more either lol

(plus its much more modded now than wen i first got it)

matteichenfels

personally, I love my car....without the spoiler, better than the second gen. Classier look, not as boxy...I'll keep it!

Leon

Me too, when I saw mines at the dealer, they had to put a spoiler on it befor i'd buy it, and they did!

gdubb

I would agree with you before i cleaned my trunk up. Now that its shaved the spoiler would take away the "clean" back end and throw it off. Im glad mine does not have one

jamolie

yea i dont really like the back view of the cl either. it looks good from the side, but the back without a kit looks weak. the front looks good though. just wish honda wasnt so fricking stingy and give us a damn h22a motor stock. them bastards!

CLUofI

i dont know how people can say the body style is bland and out dated. Every time someone asks me about the car they are shocked to find out that its a 97, they always thing its a 2000 at the oldest.

laslo

i got mine a year ago and besides the fact that CARMAX fuked me . i think the car is great . it rides smooth looks good and feels real comfortable ....... hope it helps . oh and my sister has a 97 integra and she likes to use mine more then hers ......

Katies99CL

asshat...

funny you reference them to a Honda Accord, because basically that is what the CL is comparable to. I like my CL and i agree w/ the majority of the people about the classic styling of the car. I love the sloping ass and the way it looks from the front, very aggressive....especially when slammed.


The paint quality does suck, it looks good from far away...but up close i see shit i'd like to change. I'm sorry you dont like your CL...maybe it isnt the car for you, but i love mine!!!
I have a 99 2.3 and i have no complaints, but then again i'm not comparing it to a Corvette....shiiiiit, if my weekend car was a Escalade on 22's..then i had to drive around a Geo Tracker on the weekends i'd be bitchin too!!!

65 Fury Convert

...and the new TL is based on the new Accord platform and the new TSX is based on the European Accord and Infinit's are "just" Nissans and Lexus's are "just" Toyotas and then there's the American cars, a Sunfire is a Cavalier and a GMC truck is the same as a Chevrolet and the Cadillac Escalade is a Tahoe and Mercury's are Fords, hell the Lincoln Navigator is an Expedition, even the Jaguar is based on the Lincoln LS, Saabs are based on GM's and so on and so on..... So what's your point anyway?
Don't like your car? SELL IT!

damond

The Vigor was the Redheaded Bastard Child of Acura

robertpel9

i'm not really complaining about my car. Just kinda find itboring and too much like a accord with not much character. Actually i took the time the other day to detail it for 3 hours like i would my vette. Mine is nighthawk black with tint and to tell you the truth it looks pretty nice when it is spotless. I had it in showroom condition. Made me feel better. I still think i should have taken the cash i spent on it and just got something nicer with higher miles but well maintained. There is a nice E class mercedes at the dealer down the road for 14,400. Thats what i paid for my cl a year and a half ago. Of course the mercedes has twice the miles on it and costs a fortune anytime something happens. After thinking this over their are worse plots in life than having a Corvette Convertable for fun and a 1st gen CL as a daily driver. I feel like an ass for whining. It's still a bland car though

BEETROOT

vigors were great. I would take a vigor with 100,000 miles on it before I drove a brand new RSX.

rsx is redheaded bastard stepchild POS

Leon

I dont think so! RSX's are ok, but i wouldn't take that foot long sub of a VIGOR over an RSX. The Vigor had a long look to it, didn't like it at all.

robertpel9

Vigor's don't look much different from the TL that replaced it. An RSX is for a HS or college kid. No self respecting adult would own one.

damond

The vigor looked like a bigger integra sedan or a smaller TL. And that 5-cyl engine....good luck finding parts and mod parts for it. Where's the 5-cyl Honda/Acura engine now? That truly is a Redheaded Bastard Child of Acura.

robertpel9

That 5 cylinder was put into the TL that relaced the vigor being the 2.5TL. Ever driven it. I actually like the response the 2.5 gave. It is much better than the 2.3 i have in my CL. I bought the 2.3 because i have no confidence in the engine tranny match that the 3.0 and then 3.2 2nd gen have. Far too many failures. If i want to go fast i'll take the vette out. The 2.3 has enough power for just running errands and day to day driving. Anyone that bought a 1st gen CL for performance is a little off their rocker in my mind anyway. Just to get into the 13's and 12's is a real hassle.

HyDrOpOnIkToKa

my car is phat, i get hoes hollerin at me all the time and i get a compliment almost every day to
my paint is phat 2, you cant tell whether its purple green or blue
(cardiff blue)