fdl

For those that got the Acura gift pen in the mail ... what did you all do with them? Just curious if anyone is actually using them, leaving them in glove box, etc.

EDIT: It seems that only Canadian TSX owners get this "astronaut" pen in the mail. Not sure why

tehCOW

It is still in the holder inside of the black booklet holder, inside my glovebox. heh.


EDIT: eek, i just realized i don't know how to read. i thought u were talking about the pen that came with the owners manual.

swami

Yeah...It'll reside in the owners manual till my lease is up. I'm picky about my pens cuz I use them all the time.

fjtorres

Sure.
A pen is a pen...
I keep it in the center console tray along with the notepad I use as my car log.
It may not be the fanciest pen in the world, but like the rest of the stuff that came in the car, it does the job with a touch of style...
And it does match the car's aesthetic theme...

txtsx

I didn't get a pen in the mail. There was one in the owner's manual binder.

fdl

So it seems alot of people actually got the pen with the car, rather than in the mail. Unless we are taling about different pens... the one I got in the mail came in a triangular box , and supposedly writes under water, in space etc. Hmmm ... could there be another pen in my owners manual that I missed?

fjtorres

Yup.
In the binder with the manual and the maintenance schedule booklet...

tehCOW

i wonder if the pen that came with our cars in the binder can write under water? can they write upsidedown????

fdl

If its the same pen they are mailing..then yes. For those that didnt get it in the mail this is what th eletter said....

"As a token of our appreciation we are pleased to enclose an Acura inscribed pen. This pen is precision crafted in fine stainless steel and is quite special. The refill was origionally developed for use by astronaus and offers the best possible writing quality known to mankind. Based on a hi-tech futuristic procedure to write even under the most adverse conditions. It will write upside down, under water, over grease, in the extreme heat and cold and of course in outer space. A lifetime warranty is included."


So IF its the same pen ...it can write upside down.

tehCOW

hey fdl, does your pen look like this?
http://www.pbase.com/tsxcow/acura_pen

MSB128

I didn't get a pen with my binder. How long after purchasing your car did you get your pen in the mail?

Visorboy

6 weeks.
It's thick, silver with Acura engraved on the side.

fdl

Nope, thats not it. The pen I am talking about is much nicer. Its a thicker, heavier pen.

EDIT: OK i just thought of something. The pen gift might only be for Canada. All the people I have seen post about getting this astronaut pen have been from Canada (including myself) so you guys south of the border may be out of luck

Here is a pic I found of it.

bowersan

Oh... He gave you a space pen, Jerry.... It can write underwater you know!


Heheh... I love my pen... Makes me feel like an astronaut!
J.

fdl

lol

CraZydudE

thats not fair....how come you got the star jet silver pen but the rest of us got a crappy black pen

fdl

It is strange. Its probably just something the Acura of Canada marketing department came up with on their own.

Anyways...its just a pen. But if you are really into acura accesories I guess this pen would be a nice touch.

bowersan

Its great. The Acura logo engraved on the pen is a nice touch.... and it writes flawlessly regardless of whether you are writing upsidedown or over grease and even underwater!

(note: you rarely ever find yourself in ANY of those situations... but hey)

J

TsXtian

ya that pen is sweet! my brother who picked up his g35 sedan 2 days before i got my tsx is so jealous. he got squat! i got a bottle of wine when i picked up my car and a nice shiny pen in the mail a couple of weeks after. anyone else get a bottle of wine from their acura dealer? it would of been sweeter if they gave me a 2 4 of canadian since i'm not a wine drinker.

Brad

Has anyone thought of writing with their Acura pen?

tehCOW

:'( i want that pen. its so, so... sexy. and its an acura.. heh

XPLORx4

I hope Acura sends me a nice "star jet" pen! The black pen that came with the owner's manual is crap.

dom

I have 2 Astro Pens. The first one they sent me was broken so I called Honda and asked for another. Sure enough 3 days later I get one via Purolator (First one came through regular mail) Great service. I don't use either though.

fdl

The pen is actually made in Germany. For some reason I thought that was kinda funny.

Buff-Daddy

Well a lot of high quality items come out of Germany, like BMW's!

fdl

Well, I hope my pen is more reliable.





j/k

Buff-Daddy

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You will admire it's superior materials and craftmanship. It will out perform all of your other inferior pens and it won't rattle every second that you are using it...

fjtorres

I used to have one of those space pens when I was in college; they were called Fisher space pens and sold for about twice the rate of a nice Parker pen.

They really do write upside down and in zero G because the ink cartridge is sealed with high pressure gas as well as the ink.
Because of the need to maintain a fair amount of gas in the cartiridge the came with less ink than other pens and ran out more often; you got less pages per cartiridge than cheaper pens.
In addition, the ink formulation was very finicky; in hot weather it would on ocasion leak out and congeal on the tip.

After a semester or so, I gave up and got myself a nice solid Parker pen; they were cheaper to buy, cheaper to operate and lasted forever. The space pens had a lot of flash but not much ink.
In other words, the price was high and the value proposition was low.

I didn't know they were made in germany since the outfit selling them was based in Texas, but somehow I wouldn't be surprised if German engineering were behind them.

dom

So thats why the first Pen I got was broken. It all makes perfect sense now.

Buff-Daddy

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But you still had to have another one because it was nicer than all of your other ones, a step up in appeal and performance. Everyone asked you about it, wanted to see/use it and you liked to show it off.

No one is impressed with those Japanese plastic ball points anymore. They always work, but they are a little sloppy and just aren't that visually stimulating.

We are still talking about pens, right?

fjtorres

Apparently you aren't...
Since Parker pens are British...