I just check out a 99 Acura CL 3.0, 115K, clean title, and i love it. There are some normal scratches on the body since it is old. But the driving feels great.
I did some research, and find out people complaining the tranny problem of this model, which made me a little bit hesitated. I am just a student and i don't have much money spending on repairing it in future.
By the way, this car seems from rental company, is that OK to buy?
Any reply is appreciated, and i am excited.

 

I've never heard of a cl being used by a rental company, nor would I buy a car used by one. ask if the tranny has been replaced and get the carfax history of the car and see where its been, then u can be closer to making a decision.

 

I thought it was from rental because i saw in the report, the car had high mileage in certain periods, and it also has been auctioned twice, which made me a little confused.

 

i would never buy any car thats been rented. those have been abused to hell and back.

 

I am not sure about the rental thing and i am not good at reading the Autocheck report.
any body can get information from following history? Many thanks.

Event date Location Odometer reading Data Source Details 11/28/1999 CA 6
Motor Vehicle Dept. ODOMETER READING FROM DMV 12/29/1999 HERMOSA BEACH, CA

Motor Vehicle Dept. REGISTRATION EVENT/RENEWAL(Leased Vehicle) 12/31/1999 TORRANCE, CA

Motor Vehicle Dept. TITLE(Lien Reported) 03/10/2003 CA 38,015
State Agency PASSED EMISSION INSPECTION 05/18/2003 CA 38,065
Motor Vehicle Dept. ODOMETER READING FROM DMV 06/30/2003 MISSION VIEJO, CA

Motor Vehicle Dept. REGISTRATION EVENT/RENEWAL 07/10/2003 MISSION VIEJO, CA

Motor Vehicle Dept. TITLE(Lien Reported) 09/15/2003 MISSION VIEJO, CA

Motor Vehicle Dept. TITLE(Lien Reported)
CORRECTED TITLE 09/23/2003 MISSION VIEJO, CA

Motor Vehicle Dept. REGISTRATION EVENT/RENEWAL 09/25/2003 MISSION VIEJO, CA

Motor Vehicle Dept. TITLE(Lien Reported) 06/02/2004 PACIFIC SW REGION 42,934
Auto Auction REPORTED AT AUTO AUCTION 06/02/2004 PACIFIC SW REGION 42,934
Auto Auction REPORTED AT AUTO AUCTION AS DEALER VEHICLE 06/10/2004 CA 42,986
State Agency PASSED EMISSION INSPECTION 07/14/2004 CA 43,156
Motor Vehicle Dept. ODOMETER READING FROM DMV 09/08/2004 RAMONA, CA

Motor Vehicle Dept. REGISTRATION EVENT/RENEWAL 09/10/2004 RAMONA, CA

Motor Vehicle Dept. TITLE(Lien Reported) 12/27/2005 CA 69,980
State Agency PASSED EMISSION INSPECTION 12/02/2007 RAMONA, CA

Motor Vehicle Dept. REGISTRATION EVENT/RENEWAL 12/04/2007 RAMONA, CA

Motor Vehicle Dept. REGISTRATION EVENT/RENEWAL 12/04/2007 CA 97,268
State Agency PASSED EMISSION INSPECTION 09/08/2008 PACIFIC SW REGION 104,614
Auto Auction REPORTED AT AUTO AUCTION AS DEALER VEHICLE 09/09/2008 PACIFIC SW REGION 104,614
Auto Auction REPORTED AT AUTO AUCTION 09/12/2008 CA 104,637
104,675
State Agency FAILED EMISSION INSPECTION
PASSED EMISSION INSPECTION 10/04/2008 RAMONA, CA

Motor Vehicle Dept. TITLE(Lien Reported) 11/04/2008 CA 105,000
Motor Vehicle Dept. ODOMETER READING FROM DMV 11/05/2008 SAN DIEGO, CA

Motor Vehicle Dept. REGISTRATION EVENT/RENEWAL 11/07/2008 SAN DIEGO, CA

Motor Vehicle Dept. TITLE(Lien Reported) 06/24/2009 SAN DIEGO, CA

Motor Vehicle Dept. TITLE(Lien Reported)
and also the usage check report
Vehicle Use and EventCheck

Information Reported! AutoCheck shows additional information reported to AutoCheck about how this 1999 Acura CL (19UYA2255XL014331) has been used and other events. This includes reported accidents and corrected or duplicate titles and storm area registrations.
1 Event(s) Reported: 6 Vehicle uses checked: Fleet, rental and/or lease use record(s) No taxi use record No police use record No government use record No livery use record No driver education record 3 Event(s) Reported: 9 Vehicle events checked: No accident record reported through accident data sources Corrected title record(s) No duplicate title record Emission/safety inspection record(s) Loan/Lien record(s) No fire damage incident record No repossessed record No theft record No storm area registration/title record

 

I would never buy a rental car, those things are beat to shit

 

well it doesnt look like it was rented based on the carfax, damn shame your in Cali

 

How do you tell that?

 

if it wasn't a rental car, it may have been some company car

 

would it be same story as a company car and a rental car?

 

over the course of four years, they put 38k miles on it. rental companies dont buy used cars, and thats incredibly low miles for a rental car. not to mention i just did a couple quick searches.. and there arent any obvious rental cars that rent CL's

 

If anything it would say Fleet if it were rental or a company vehicle. Just looks like it has changed hands many times. Regardless, I wouldn't buy a 3.0 if I had to buy another CL.

 

Thank you very much. Then is it OK to buy this car?

 

In the report, it has mentioned fleet.
Buy why not a 3.0? Thank you.

 

The auto transmissions in the 3.0 models are known to slip and wear out alot faster than the manual 2.2/2.3 models. Be careful about that if you buy a 3.0.

 

^^ yes, and if you do buy a 3.0.. make sure you get a trans cooler

 

Thanks you. Trans cooler is a part or just transmission coolant?

 

OK, i will pay more attention to the tranny.

 

its a part, helps keep the transmission cool an the gears from stripping and over heating

 

Usually how much is the trans cooler? You have been so helpful today .

 

Also remember progressive insurance holders dont have their incidents on carfaxes.

 

I dont really know pricing specs, that would be a good question for BlackAck97CL.. you can ask in the "quick question" thread or here. and your the only person on here who has ever found me helpful

 

You do know much more than me and that could be helpful

 

got you. Thanks.

 

Tranny cooler's are cheap, around $50 very easy install

 

Thanks a lot.