Well got to drive one today .Overall not bad but the brakes go into ABS very quickly and the car could benefit from stainless lines for the brakes .6 speed is nice for a FWD car much better clutch action than the CL/S 6 speed .Shifter is a bit vague but then again it is a FWD car .Instruments are nice but the color seems a bit uneven to me .I wish Acura would get just a bit more instrumentation .I would like to see a bit more info about what the car is doing .The sunroof opens up one touch and closes one touch that is a nice convenience .It has HID hi and lo beams with fog lamps integrated into the headlamp assy .Now you can blind people not only with lo beams but with hi beams too .I wish the DOT would get with the program and change up the lighting laws to reflect the far more advanced European laws .Well we can hope .

Jens

 

well i hope you can drive the 6speed when i bring mine down to see youim going to stop down tommorow am so get ready to fly.

 

Hey Eric ,the one I drove is a sold unit so that one is off limits .But I can see if there are any unsold ones around .

Jens

 

Great. Remind me never to buy a car from Park Ave that has more than 2 miles on it.

I'm a very good driver.

 

Why would they go for Brembo brakes and not have the stainless steel lines? Is this a big brake kit or just the rotors?

Seems odd, but definitely a step in the right direction.

(Jens - I'm trying to figure out how to take my CL back to you for Konis and some level of brake upgrade -- just have to figure how to convince the wife of another major purchase...)

 

Cool idea with the foglights. I got to check out the new TL soon.

 

Slimey ,the 04 TL can be had with factory installed Brembo gear however stainless lines are not available .

NSX ,I am sure you are a good driver but you still can't drive a sold car .

Chaptorial ,the fogs look like highbeams but aren't .Pretty cool stuff those Hi/Lo HID's

Jens

 

So Jens, when ya going to pull a wheel off and see if the brakes could fit the CL???

 

Jens,
I had the pleasure to drive the 6 speed at the last ride and drive. I thought the clutch felt similar to the cls, but it definitely is an improvement. The cl has what I like to call a pop clutch. Wasn't too impressed with that. But the tl does have a smoother feel to it. The one I drove had the complete package on it. The handling felt a lot better with the performance package on it. What do you think?
Stumpy

 

Jens, do you know if the 18 inch wheels that come with the brembo package would fit a cl-s?

 

invu

 

Scalbert .as soon as i get one in that is not sold I will try to get to this .Meantime I need to research the part numbers and see if stuff works .

The rims probably fit bolt pattern is the same .

Stumpy I agree .the clutch is not perfect but way better than the CL/S with it's lightswitch pop clutch .The handling is good but a BMW killer it is not .


Jens

 

jens why would i buy a new car when i have the beast from the east lol.if my car gets any faster im going to have to charge people to take them to the moon for the weekend!!!

 

hmmmm...how useful are big brakes that are hard to keep out of ABS territory? Is this happening because the brakes bite hard and are hard to modulate? Or is the ABS system just to anxious to jump in? Honda never seems to get things right with brakes. Sounds like the speed sensing system/software isn't right for use with the Brembos.

 

Beast from the east????? I am going to pee I am laughing so hard .Moon rides ?????? only if I duct tape that boat to the next space shuttle LOLOLOLOLOL

Jens

 

yea i guess im going to have use the duct tape on your ?????????? anyway i cant believe the clutch problems with those 2 cars i love mine and have 10,000 miles on the comptech clutch and pulls like a bear.this is why i tell people go to paa and see jens well maybe not in my case but you are a great mechanic because you know what your doing half the time lol

 

The other half of the time I am working on your car !!! But seriously so I am going to see this "rocket" .Oh and you don't REALLY want me to take out the wallet and go build a car that spanks your's do YOU??????

Just kidding .jens

 

The 18s, according to the specs are 18x8.5 +45 offset, so NO they ain't gonna fit without rolling the fenders.

 

I dunno I said the bolt pattern was the same I havne't tried it yet .Bear with me .

Jens

 

Ok, well i was looking into geting these, cause i realy like the way they look. The only thing is that Im not very proficient when it comes to all the offset and all that shit with wheels, it all meens nothing to me, so if you could find out a definit and PM me, i would be greatly apreciative...

Or let me ask Neil, so they DEFINITLY wont fit?

 

If it's what they tell us...18x8.5 +45, no they won't fit.

 

i cant wait for mine only a week and a half.

 

really a 6 speed never seen one yet or a normal tl on the road yet

 

Hey Jens.

If the service manual for the '04 TL is out... take a look and see if that clutch needs the dreaded tool for the install? It they 'fixed' the design... I might want to switch trannies or clutch etc.

 

We got ours today too but it's being PDI'd for use as test drive vehicle. I plan to take it out soon.

 

Beast from the East, LOL.

Vin I wanna see that TL when it comes in.

 

im ready for you titan lol im not done modding yet.alot of work to do this winter,bpipe emanage piggy back maybe 3.5 upgrade intercooler then im coming to get ya!!!! lol