3,000 MILES IN 4 WEEKS!!!

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05-21-2001 | 01:40 AM

Davids-TLS

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3,000 MILES IN 4 WEEKS!!!

Hello everyone! I am new to this fabulous forum. Even though I've read your posts for a couple of months already but I've never post before. I have discovered this website back in November of 2000. You guys are the greatest with all kinds of information. I also discovered about the TL-S from this site last November. I was gonna buy the 2001 TL until I heard about the TL-S coming out March 2001. Thanks guys!!! I finally bought my first new car on April 21, 2001...The Acura 3.2 TL Type S with Nav. Black on Black with spoiler. Had it tinted two weeks after. I already put 3,000 plus miles on it. I just can't seem to stop driving it. It's just wonderful and I enjoyed every minute of it. Does anyone here feel the same or better? Just wondering if it's just me...

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05-21-2001 | 06:35 AM

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You have me beat. I have had my car about 7weeks and have 4,000 miles. Getting great mileage on 89 octane. I am told by Ed Wallace who has a car show called wheels on am 570 in Dallas( can hear the archives of his 5hr Saturday am show on KLIF web page. ) Ed writes for several car magazines and he is on his 4thRL. He states you can burn even 87 octane, because the computer resets etc. when it senses a different octane and you won't notice hardly any difference in performance and will save a butt load of money on gas. I haven't tried 87, but my car runs like crazy on 89 and gets about 28mpg on a trip with about 80% highway driving fairly aggressively(over 75mph) Ed says the only reason they recommend Higher octane is so they can tout their hp. ratings..

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05-21-2001 | 09:47 AM

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Originally posted by wv5b:
Ed says the only reason they recommend Higher octane is so they can tout their hp. ratings..

The reason why they recommend Higher octane is because the TL-s has a high compression engine (Compression ratio 10.5:1).... basically using regular octane fuel, would not do as much damage in a TL engine, where the compression is a lot lower (9.8:1).....

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