Brad

44a. That there is even a MT is crucial. In recent years, Acura has been reducing the number of models available in MT. The Legend was originally available with manual tranny, so what happened to the TL and CL? The CL was originally available with manual tranny, but that was discontinued until the special Type S version came out, which was way expensive. The MDX is available only in AT.

Regarding paint, Honda's UK Web site says that certain colors for the Euro Accord may cost more. Give me a break! How do you spell pure greed? What a racket!

Did anyone mention the coin slots? That's nice!!!

Brad

What's Butta?

larchmont

I'm gonna speak out of turn and take a whack at this one.

I'm gonna say it's from that old Saturday Night Live thing that Mike Meyers did (I think it was him), playing this woman Mrs. Richman (I think her first name might have been Anna), very "ethnic" if you know what I mean (I can say that because I'm the same ethnic). She was a big, big Barbra Streisand fan, and she would say Barbra was "like butta" -- her pronunciation for butter -- which for some reason meant, like, the very best imaginable, in intangible as well as tangible ways. And then, after a while, any time she wanted to say that anything was just great, it also was "like butta."

So, I'm guessing PR is saying that the TSX just overall is like the best imaginable, in intangible as well as tangible ways; maybe he's also adding in that it's smooth as silk.....uh, I mean, butter.

How'd I do, PR?

GRAYTSX

Coffee Talk w/Linda Richman

larchmont

Thanks, gray! Right, LINDA Richman! I guess you think I had it basically right about what PR meant?

BTW, gray -- I saw on "the other side" that Spilly had an accident (apparently she's OK), and I see also that she hasn't been over here yet. Since you're still over there too, would you be interested in trying to make sure she knows about us? (Just a thought -- no need to do it of course if you don't feel like it.)

P.S. Glad you made it over to "this side"!
BTW I remember you were one of the few who once gave me a Beavis & Butt-head "heh heh." I myself do it all the time.

LeMasseHammer

2 things I didn't see on the list that I'd like to submit:
-The leather-wrapped shift knob w/red numbers
-Exhaust note

larchmont

?????

prballard

That isn't one of mine. I forget, but somebody of the old forum coined the phrase for the way the 6MT shifts. For once Larch I don't WTF you are talking about.

larchmont

Actually I'm very gratified if this is only the first time.....

And I'll bet you that the dude from the old forum who coined this got it from where gray and I are talking about!

Gray hit it on the nose: "Coffee Talk with Linda Richman."

GRAYTSX

I miss those guys. Uh huh huh.

larchmont

WOW! Didn't imagine there's an icon "butt-head."

For the benefit of us fossils and other ignorami, are there some other "icons of special note" that anyone would want to point up?

BTW most definitely this is on the topic, because it's all about "cool."

1killercls

<---------------Way COOL.

larchmont

But nothing beats the original Ass-hat.

GRAYTSX

I tried to post a pic of Beavis with a pencil thru his eye, but the size limit is too small.

P.S. Things just aren't the same without Killers pictures.

larchmont

My favorite was when they would be sitting there with pencils up their noses and every other visible orifice.

Yeah, what's with Killer and his pics????
(Size limit too? Then, should be fine by next week!)

Visorboy

One more thing that I found cool was that the Windshield washer sprayers are hidden and makes the hood clean of those protruding dimples.