This is my plea for CL owners to stop whining about things such as I have read about on this forum. Things like 1st-2nd shift quirkiness, transmission problems, stereo, or losing races to Mustangs, etc.

If you don’t like the way the transmission shifts you should have gotten a car with a manual transmission. If you were serious about racing you would have.

The transmission problems could be from the treatment received from the owner. It could be a design flaw. It is your choice to keep the car or sell it. If you are going to keep it after you have had 2 or more transmissions in it, what does that say about you?

The stereo is a bit underpowered but it isn’t all that bad. It would be nice to be able to put an aftermarket unit in, and I have read that some of you have, but I think it may be more trouble than it is worth. If there is a way to add more punch to the existing system let me know. That is all I would do to it.

This is a really nice car that is fast but it is not an American muscle car. Loosing to Mustangs is a no-brainer. While the Mustang and the Type S have the same horsepower, the Mustang has greater torque and rear wheel drive. Torque is required to get things moving. When a car moves the weight is transferred rearward. A great place to place the driving wheels. This is a major disadvantage for a front wheel drive car. Unless Acura makes a rear wheel drive CL or changes the laws of physics, you can expect to continue to lose against Mustangs.

This is my first import as suggested by my screen name. I am very impressed by this car. This level of refinement is almost unattainable by US iron. We are very lucky to have our CLs.

 

Hey, this is your first post and you're already whineing about something :P :P

 

Calling All Nice Board Members to this THREAD!!! (Yes, that's you ern, rockie, phin, et al...)

 

I figure that half the reason for this board is to whine (or wine as the case may be). The other half is kinda serious. It's gonna stay that way, so why whine about it? YMMV

 

Come to Ramblings.....see how you hold up there. You want complaining.........

 

Perhaps I just missed the point. Nevermind. Let's whine away like a supercharger!

 

There ya go. That's the spirit

 

you've helped us to see the light, thank you, my friend.

 

AHHHHH a guy that is whining about whiners........ Some of your points are valid though!!!!!

 

I have no problems killing stangs.

and I too was fine w/ the speakers, just need a little thump so added a small sub in a box to the trunk.

Not too loud where people can hear it outside but loud enough for me inside.

 

Good points from the newbie Welcome, just keep the whining to a minimum.

 

i don't see anyone whining... ever!

 

The only thing you'll hear me whine about is how bad I want a new //M3.

 

 

Hey smart man, stick wasn't available until two weeks ago. Great first post.


It could say a lot of things. It could say you're a die-hard Acura fan and are willing to put up with it. It could say you don't have the funds available to buy another car and are stuck with this car. It could say you just want to keep it a little longer for whatever reason. How the hell would you know what it says about someone? Jeez, you really are out there.

 

hey JRock, i realize that the stick was not an option on the CL till recently. thanks for the insight.