OK, if/when it comes out, who is going to take it up the sphincter like me and trade-in or sell their 2001 ?

Just curious.

Those of you who LOVE their SHUSH SHIFT “I don’t know what gear I want” auto, need not respond.

Shawn S


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Make me an offer….It’s FOR SALE when the 6-Speed MANUAL comes out, I HATE the SLUSH SHIFT !!!

2001 CL Type S - NAV - San Marino RED / Parchment - Spoiler - 35% Tint - Roof Visor - PIAA Lamps
GOLD Emblems & Grill - V1 w/remote - KICKER AMP w/(2) 10" Alumapro Subs - Xephyr CAI - Shine by ZAINO
For Photos see: PAGE 1 PAGE 2 PAGE 3 PAGE 4 V1 & SUBS

 

i'm gonna do my best-i'm secretly hoping for a slight front-end redesign and better tires to go along with it...i can dream can't i?

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you are not your fukking signature.

 

I might (OUCH) Can't believe I said that my wallet just got up and ran out!

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01' Acura CL Type-S
Piaa 19169 Bulbs
Valentine1 Pig Detector
CompTech Exhaust
Xephyr Cold Air Intake
Really Cool Mesh Grill
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01'Acura</A> Integra GSR

 

The gear ratios would have to be perfect for me to even consider it. Otherwise, it's not worth it.

 

Depends on gearings and other changes that separate the 6 speed CL from the current one, but very tempted to take a loss at trade in for that 6 speed

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Frank
01-S White/Parchment
Comptech Sways & Springs

 

I'm w/frederix. If the ratios make sense and the car DYNOs come in ~220+ bone stock I'd strongly consider it.

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2001 Satin Silver Cl Type S.
Comptech:Headers, Springs & Sways
AEM CAI
Toyo T1S Proxys 235/45/17
SSR Competition wheels 17x8
35% Llumar metallic tint
My Car

 

Depends how much money I'm gonna eat If I loose too much then I see a 6 month wait for the new M3....

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Silver 01' Type-S w/all the trimmins
Acura loyalty
retired a 2000 TL and a 94' Acura Legend Coupe
Comptech Springs, axle-back exhaust,headers
AEM CAI
yellow bumper (fog lights) bulbs
Clear Headlights

 

I'll be the first one to get a test drive. Whether or not I do it depends on finances. Like I said in an earlier post, I might give them a year to fix any bugs. Hopefully by then my 2001 will be paid off and I'll have a little cash in the bank. But I would get a manual even if it was a 5 speed with the same exact ratios as ours. I just don't like torque converters.

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2001 Silver 3.2CL Type S
Spoiler, Navi, Cupholder 2.0, 35% tint all around
Charter member of the Scratched Rim Club

 

I will definately weigh my options. I would be willing to take a $2000 loss for the trade. I think the manual should sell for less than the auto, so the only thing that s/b a factor is the depreciation, right? We'll see soon enough

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'01 CL Type-S (no navi)
*Tafetta White/Parchment

• Comptech Header
• Comptech Exhaust
• Comptech Springs
• AEM CAI W/Bypass Valve
• Polarg M6 Road Lamps

[This message has been edited by SFLA_Type-S (edited 05-29-2001).]

 

CL's aren't exactly flying off the lot and manuals never sell as well as autos. Maybe I'll wait for a few to stack up on the lot, then walk in at the end of the month and rob some hungry salesman.

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2001 Silver 3.2CL Type S
Spoiler, Navi, Cupholder 2.0, 35% tint all around
Charter member of the Scratched Rim Club

 

Or you could always wait and buy a used CL w/manual tranny.

 

Shawn, was the Legend a rwd'er?

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2001 Satin Silver Cl Type S.
Comptech:Headers, Springs & Sways
AEM CAI
Toyo T1S Proxys 235/45/17
SSR Competition wheels 17x8
35% Llumar metallic tint
My Car

 

not to butt-in for shawn or anything, but i think it was RWD. i do know that it had a longitudinally mounted engine instead of being transverse, like our cars. the result of which made for a loooong hood...

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you are not your fukking signature.

 

I wonder who in their right mind would be willing to part with a six speed anytime soon? Not me

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'01 CL Type-S (no navi)
*Tafetta White/Parchment

• Comptech Headers
• Comptech Exhaust
• Comptech Springs
• AEM CAI W/Bypass Valve
• Polarg M6 Road Lamps

 

You're right about the Legend's engine, but it was FWD.

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2001 Silver 3.2CL Type S
Spoiler, Navi, Cupholder 2.0, 35% tint all around
Charter member of the Scratched Rim Club

 

Sorry to break the news but no Legend is
RWD with the stock transmission. My first
gen engine is transversly mounted just
like your CL. The second generation have
the longitudally mounted engines.

If the 2002 CL has a 6 speed, I'm there

Keith

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89' Legend Coupe
2001 CL-S Coming soon ...

 

Ditto. I'll probably skip another year, but I'll be one of the first to test drive.

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Sypher (www.sypher.com)
'01 Black CL Type-S
Valentine-1

 

Me either but ppl are always trading up or can't make payments.



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2001 Satin Silver Cl Type S.
Comptech:Headers, Springs & Sways
AEM CAI
Toyo T1S Proxys 235/45/17
SSR Competition wheels 17x8
35% Llumar metallic tint
My Car

 

That's the ticket. Find someone who's had the car maybe 6 months and is getting killed by the payments. Can you say, "Motivated selller"?

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2001 Silver 3.2CL Type S
Spoiler, Navi, Cupholder 2.0, 35% tint all around
Charter member of the Scratched Rim Club

 

it will heavily depend on my portfolio (and Uncle Alan G).
i will most certainly test drive it to see how it "feels." i don't care much about numbers. i go for how the car feels.

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---revangel---
2001 CL-S Satin Silver / Ebony Interior / Navi

 

I'm betting it will feel like a totally different car. My old car was a manual Integra. My friend has almost the same exact car, but an auto. His car felt 500 pounds heavier and 50HP under powered.

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2001 Silver 3.2CL Type S
Spoiler, Navi, Cupholder 2.0, 35% tint all around
Charter member of the Scratched Rim Club

 

Same as some posts above, I would be ditching out of a lease 2 years early....under mileage, I have early termed most of my car leases. It will depend on how much I'm in for (obviously)....I won't take a $5k loss on a $29k car, maybe $2500- we shall see.

 

Even if I broke even on the sale of my current CL-S (yeah, right) I'd still have to pay sales tax again. $30,000 X 7.5% is $2250. Ouch.

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2001 Silver 3.2CL Type S
Spoiler, Navi, Cupholder 2.0, 35% tint all around
Charter member of the Scratched Rim Club

 

If the car is faster, happy trails. My car already is scary fast -- so I'm quite happy with my slushbox.

I would like a 6-speed sequential or at least a revised set of 3rd, 4th, and 5th gear ratios for the auto.


The area I'm in requires me to sneak out at 2-4AM in the morning to be able to "enjoy" a manual. I love the fun of a manual, but I just never got to enjoy it around my area. If someone lives in Montana, I'm sure they will have a lot of fun.


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Silver 2001 CL-S with NAVI

• Mud guards
• Wheel locks
• Toyo T1S 235/45ZR17-97W* Proxies on 17x8" SSR Competition wheels (48lbs less than stock)
• Kevlar/SS Brake lines w/Brembos?
• Comptech headers & sways
• Silver AEM CAI
• 10 coats of Zaino magic

 

I would like a six speed... But not enough to trade next year for it...

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2001 Silver 3.2CLS
Muds, Spoiler, Hardwire 8500, Polarg M-6 lamps, K&N filter #33-2178,
Comptech Headers, Sways, mufflers
Planning: SSR 17X7.5 GT1 Wheels, Brembo Brakes.

 

I'm with Fred. I can't afford it. Until I get my MCSE, which I have to start getting my arse in gear for.... Even then It'll be a year before I have a better job. But rightnow I have to save... I have a special girl in my life and right now she's more important than any car (even an M3). So the CL-S will be with me for the next five or six years if things stay the way they are. Of course we could have a recession... Then I park the CL and get a four banger Escort for $1.

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Red 3.2 CL-S.
"Life is too short not to be Italian." -Paul Sorvino
"How do you expect your date to turn over if your engine doesn't?" -Original
Proud member of "I didn't hit the curb like a dope and scratch my rims" club.

 

i would consider if...

1. the shifts are small, quick, and aggressive

2. gear ratios are near perfect, like the new VW Golf

3. 2 thumbs up from reviewers like Autoweek, Motorvision. Motor Trend, and C&D

4. the $ is right


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Copyright 2001 ScooterKin Enterprises:

'01 CL Type-S: Red on Black

- PIAA 19224 road lamps
- mudguards
- moonroof visor
- fenderwell trim
- spoiler
- wheel locks
- the OLD cup holder
- ...last, but not least, the Xephyr CAI

 

Count me in, Red Rider!

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01 CL-S NightHawk Black/Ebony Bowling Ball Interior
Xephyr CAI
Polarg M6
Solaris 9005
Cupholder Ver 2.0 Part#77237-SOK-A02


gto2050 - The voice of absolutely no reason whatsoever!

 

I am so glad that i waited to get the cl 6 speed......i feel for you guys that are stuck with the slush shift, but i have always driven a manual and i feared the boredom of the slush shift....so my dreams have come true!!!

can i hear an amen for the manual!!!!
yessssaaahhh

 

I will keep my CLS, sell my Accord coupe and buy the 6 speed CLS ! Oh, as soon as they are available !

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"We're spoiled rotten"
Waiting for 6 speed manual CLS !
2001 CL Type S Black/Ebony w/NAVI, PIAA bulbs, Tinted windows, JL Sub-woofer/Fosgate 250 watt amp, Comptech Sway Bars,Kyocera Smartphone/Palm powered otherwise pure stock
1998 Accord Coupe EX-V6
Black Currant Pearl, PIAA bulbs, tinted windows, Fosgate 500 watt amp, Eclipes 6X9's,JL Sub-woofer, otherwise PURE stock !

 

Getting your MCSE doesn't mean you will be making alot of loot. just gets u in the door faster. I've seen to many 'paper MCSE's'
Me being one, I get very mad and very ashamed of them. Once u do get yo mcse hope you know yo shit.

I personally got my mcse in 8 weeks. Got the books, studied at home, been doing computers since 3rd grade, approx. 12 years +. so it was a piece of cake, just exam prep. In the realworld, you gotta know what to do, in like emergency's. othertimes you can just figure it out if u open a book.
Just seen to many older people claiming there mcse and they just freeze or lock up clueless.


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CL-S
White/Ebony/Navi/Spoiler/Visor/Full Bra/Mud Guards/Acura Car Cover/Tint 20%,35%,5% on Sun Roof, Rockford 250a2 Amp w/JL10w6 / K&N Drop in Filter.Polarg m-6.
Comptech Headers,Springs,Sways, Eurolite Xenon Crystal high beams.Polarg m6


gtech 0-60 6.03 w/ 438 pound load. preheader.

 

I wonder how many new buyers will choose a manual trans over an automatic.

I suspect that not many will choose the manual trans......... most buyers of a fwd coupe will probably want an automatic.

That's good news for all you members that want a manual tranny- Most dealers will probably have a hard time moving them off the lot.

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99 M3
dead CL-S

Tom2: The Voice Of Reason and Captain of the Bullshit Police.

 

Let's hope you're right. Acura almost has to do it from an image point. People who live in big cities with a lot of rush hour traffic are not as prone to manuals for daily drivers. I came home many a time with a sore left leg from holding the cluth in for 20 miles and 90 minutes.

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01 CL-S NightHawk Black/Ebony Bowling Ball Interior
Xephyr CAI
Polarg M6
Solaris 9005
Cupholder Ver 2.0 Part#77237-SOK-A02


gto2050 - The voice of absolutely no reason whatsoever!

 

I still don't get it. Might be some kind of buyers remorse or compulsive buying thing at work. Mainly I see it like this. Why buy a car that was not equipped with the feature you really wanted anyways? And such a integral feature such as a manual! I know some will say they got the auto because "lookit all the features included" and "bang for the buck". But than why sell/trade/lease your relatively new slush car that you knew was an auto? Remorse, compulsion,...hmmm?
Sometimes it might not be so good to test drive without a 2 week cooling off period.

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"01" CL Type-S
White\Black
Comptech Springs
Comptech Sways
17x7.5 BBS RX Rims
K&N Dropin AF
Navigation System
Burlwood Shifter
Guards+Fenderwell Trim
PIAA16969
Smokers Package
My Car

 

Sorry to burst everyones bubble (that is if someone else hasn't already). The Legends have never been RWD cars, they have all been front wheel drive. Of course those late (before the current TL) Legends (maybe they were called Vigor's??) had a nice 5 cylinder.

Anyone know why Acura dropped that 5?? I'm thinking probably mechanical/design issues??

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01'
Black/Ebony CLS

 

Exactly, a 6-speed sequential would be much better for me since I'm always in traffic. Maybe by 2003-4 Acura will get it right, then I'd consider trading if I can't afford something in the 55K range.