Aprille

I understand it has high mileage and a previous owner, but I've had the car for almost four months and once I fix something there will be something else that will need fixing. It has 113k miles and seemed like a great car when I bought it. I'm really tired of constantly being without a car because the alternator, struts, ac, or something goes out.

I'm fixing the last few problems and selling it and going back to a domestic car. I'm sorry... you can't stop me now.




Oh by the way, anyone interested in a 1997 Acura CL black on black with 18" wheels? I'll sell for 6k. I'm in the Houston area. :lol:

lnsyone

Sucks to be you. My car is running strong, and has had no major problems as of yet. *knocks on wood*

HyDrOpOnIkToKa

other than a gasket

Aprille

Oh well, I've always been a big domestic fan then one day I was convinced to buy an Acura. The whole situation put a bad rep on imports in my eyes.

white3.0

sucks for you

HyDrOpOnIkToKa

acura essentially is domestic, not the enigne though, but you must of got a lemon
your problems will only increase, especially a ford
every1 seems to love their first gen (other than the the AT trannys)

NaTeDiEsEl

hate to say it, but domestic cars suck ass --- everyone of them that i have had has broken down on me
the prelude-civic and now accord have been nothing but strong for me
prelude had 220,000 miles
civic had 375,000 miles
and my accord has 55,000 so far -- no problems at all

my buick and camaro broke down and were shittily made -- that is unfortunate for the US but we do not hold a cnadle it seems to the imports as far as longevity is concerned

Aprille

It's a manual tranny, oddly enough thats probably the only part of the car that I haven't had a problem with.

I guess I got one hell of a lemon, the Ford I had to begin with before it was totaled never had one problem except for routine maintainance and it was a 98. :sigh:

Aprille

That's what I thought, whole reason I bought the Acura in the first place was for their longevity without problems.

HyDrOpOnIkToKa

must be a lemon, i love my car & am satisfied keeping it

SickAcura

Sir

hey, you're not alone. I've grown to hat my 98 CL. I'm selling it also. Going for the Honda CR-V or Subaru Legacy 05.

Jamz

umm, your CL is almost 8yrs old....go get a Ford or Chevy that old and see how much maintenance you have

Jamz

umm, your CL is almost 8yrs old....go get a Ford or Chevy that old and see how much maintenance you have



have fun on the Ford Focus forums

98AcuraCLpimp

well sorry to hear that...and i agree in general domesics suck...except for maybe ford full size trucks...i had an 85 s10 and that fucker ran well over 200k...but all my ricers the problems have been minimal...never left me stranded...im definetly a japanese car only guy...if i wanted to tow a boat/rv i would go for a ford turbo diesel, but thats a different story...anyway..sorry to hear bout yer bad luck..

Aprille

Funny I've owned two Fords and most of the people in my family own a Ford or a Ford own product and all this talk about how Fords can't compete blah blah blah seems to be a one minded opinion with some of the people on the board. In my personal experience I have had way less problems with my domestic car then I have had with my Acura. Given that this is based on one car isn't fair, but all I've heard were good things about the Acura and it didn't live up to all the hype.

...and Ford Focus I'd rather get a real car.

Stapler

I hate my 2.2 cl, and proud of it, but it serves it's purpous. When my hotrod ford truck, vw, and two old bmw's break down, I need somthing to drive. Not only that but in southern az, where it is 100 plus till 10 pm, I need somthing with ac. On top of all that it gets about 27 mpg doing 85-90 on road trips (my truck gets about 4, and the other cars would shurely break down between here and the next city).

When my acura breaks down, its somthing easy like the alternator, another accessory, or somthing like doorlocks and power windows. When my other cars break there is usualy a puddle of oil on the ground, and the smell of burning in the air.

If I sell it, for lets say 5 or 6k I'm limited to really old slightly beat up cool cars, which don't fit the reliability/ac bill, and other similar aged honda/toyota/(insert brand here). So I just do the best I can to fix things withought spending to much cash.

anyway, just another prospective on how to hate a car.

kevin79925

are you a girl aprille? and if so wanna pm/email me some pix? hehe



ill let you ride in my cls..........

liloj

old avatar kevin?

Toriano

i've had my cl for 2yrs and all i had to do was oil change......i guess ur car runs as well as u maintain it! but i'm wit the other guys....DOMESTIC'S R NO GOOD! not only the engine.....but how many Acura's and Honda's do u see out there rusting??????????????? i havn't seen much where i live..

infamouz trunkz

my cl got 105k and still running good....wat kind of 18 do you have??

Mark Davison

If it's got tits or tires, it's bound to give you problems. I drive my car like I stole it, so i'm allways fixin some shit or another.

Slooo97CL

iTrader: (1)

156k and i like my cL more then when i first bought it. body style is just sick

the cL is near indestructable

GAME FLOw

I am also thinking about moving to an M3 4door or a CLK 330 Drove an 02 CLK 430 for 2 weeks the Ticktronic is a little slow but the torque, Wow wow the V8 is SICK...

But I do love my 3.0 , 97 with 77k owned for a long time........

HyDrOpOnIkToKa

^^^^^^^^


thats tiptronic

kevin79925

ya i need to resize some pix to use as a new avatar.

97Black2.2CL

kevin: dude.. where you gettin all these hot girls from?

Aprille: i've owned my 97 for about 10 months. *knocks on wood* never had any mojor problems. man i cant tell you how much i love my car! everyone out there knows how good hondas/acuras are.. they're reliable, comfortable, and good looking cars. what more can you ask for?