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Old 09-23-2008, 05:51 AM
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Raced brand new 08 TL-S

Heading towards the on-ramp I see acura headlights behind me, get on I-35 (big tx interstate) and get some space between us, he catches up and we go from a roll, i'd say 55, pretty much had a 1.5 car lead until about 115 then I pulled hard on him. (headers/pullys/intake/exhaust), we pulled over into a dairyqueen and were bs'n for a while, he had 600 miles on her lol. what a way to break it in his whip was all stock, but damn nice.
Old 09-23-2008, 05:55 AM
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told him about the AZ too
Old 09-23-2008, 04:47 PM
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Sounds good, but at 115 sounds like he let up.
Old 09-25-2008, 11:09 AM
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nice race. Was he driving a 5at or 6mt?
Old 10-09-2008, 12:22 PM
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Hard to believe but anything can happen on the streets.
I have a hard time imagining ANY honda pulling HARD over 115 mph thou..
Old 10-09-2008, 10:53 PM
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Originally Posted by juruki
Hard to believe but anything can happen on the streets.
I have a hard time imagining ANY honda pulling HARD over 115 mph thou..
specially after 4th gear racing an '08 TL-S...
Old 10-09-2008, 11:05 PM
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Originally Posted by SatinSilverAV6
nice race. Was he driving a 5at or 6mt?

Autostick.
Old 10-16-2008, 04:13 PM
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hmm. sounds like someone let off- like the 08 tls, the driver factor is also a key in winning races. so..the 08 guy chickened out. but- not to demean the older acura with mods. hats off for embarrassing bigger money tls.
Old 10-18-2008, 05:45 PM
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Xs Headers would have given you a decided edge
Old 10-23-2008, 07:03 AM
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ok, thank you. you have just justified my race against a new TL-S. I was on 400 (smaller interstate - sort of) and a new TL-S came flying by, got a little past me, hit the brakes, got even with me, and you know.... did the whole punch it let off thing to let me know he wanted to race.

So I dropped it in third and pretty much walked on him nicely. I thought to myself either he couldnt drive and didnt downshift, or he really wasn't racing...

So thank you now I know I can outrun them
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hehehe. Told ya
Old 10-31-2008, 08:23 AM
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I took one off the line at five consecutive lights last week in L.A. Pissed him off every time.
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Originally Posted by juruki
Hard to believe but anything can happen on the streets.
I have a hard time imagining ANY honda pulling HARD over 115 mph thou..
My Acura RSX-S pulled great all the way to 130-135.
Old 11-03-2008, 07:41 PM
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Is 2008 the last year they made a Type-S? Because in 09 no car carries that, they replaced it with the SH-AWD in the TL
Old 11-03-2008, 07:50 PM
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might have to wait and see. The manual TL SH-AWD will be nice.
Old 11-03-2008, 07:55 PM
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I think its only going to come in automatic, but don't take my word for it. But if that's true that sucks! It has 305 hp, it needs a 6MT
Old 11-05-2008, 02:12 PM
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try racing a modded 6speed tl-s wonder what the outcome would be.
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