Going to work today, I work in mid-town Manhattan and there was traffic I guess in preparation for the lighting of the Christmas tree. So I am on this block waiting for the intersection to clear and this guy comes up to me and is like I don’t mean to bother you but what year is your car? I roll down my window and tell him it’s a 2002 he is like sweet I love this car man and saying he likes the way the kit looks and on and on... it was kind of weird just for the fact they guy was just looking at my car in the middle of the street and a taxi cab is about to hit him and they honking at him trying to catch the light since the intersection cleared up lol
It made my morning especially being late to work. I figured I'd share this since our cars are about 5-8 years old and people still come up and giving compliments on our cars. Any of your people get compliments on your TL’s in I guess strange ways or places?

 

i always get "holy shit! thats a 99?? it looks like a new car" usually from girls who dunno much about cars though

 

People usually don't believe that my '96 is a '96. They are like wow it looks like it is a '99 and people get it confused with a Lexus or a Maxima.

 

i never get compliments, just friends saying my car weighs too much
but i guess it is winter, i'll wait until summer, toss on some 19s and see if i get some props

 

haha razzi my friends are always saying shit like that too, "you are young, get out of the grandpa mobile". all my friends drive fast sporty cars. 450awhp eagle talon, 320hp 300zx, 200hp golf III. 200hp jetta, preludes and shit like that. only one of my friends understands me, he is driving 2.6 A4.

 

Yea man, I feel u on that one, I get that alot to especially since I have the navi, I get questions like "that came with the car?", "can u play dvd's on that?", "how does that thing know where your going?", "this is like a james bond movie", or "how much are your car payments" and I laugh and say "what car payments", they dont realize that I got a 99 cuz its like our cars never age, sometimes I just bs and say its a 2000...

 

that's when i ask their girlfriends if they have ever felt leather seats, or even better, heated ones. and then you play some nice slow romance on your bomb ass stereo that a 450 awhp talon just wouldnt have

 

 

haha he had 2 alpne 12" subs with other shit, I am not very familiar with it but he got robbed while his car was in the shop. so he got money from that and put some more shit into his engine. and his gf is so dumb and ugly I would never even imagine to let he in my car, let alone put some slow romance for her haha.

 

I get compliments by people my age a lot and I get stares from older women who think my car is new. . One time I was sitting in a parking lot and some lady in her 40's just kept staring over from her SUV and smiling at me. Some of my friends hate the NGM color though...

 

She probably didn't care about the car and was checking you out. lol Should have talked to her.


Tamer, you breakin necks in Manhatten now with the TL? Very nice, your car looks great man. Then again our cars are twins. haha

 

i hear older women are 10x more experienced AND that SUVs have comfortable seats

 

Damn. You guys are right. They call me mcflyguy for a reason after all!

 

LOL ! you guys are too much .... the 2G TL has a better curve than the 3G IMHO ... not sure what the 4G will look like ... but the 3G is a bit too square-ishy for me (even though I don't mind the extra HP & those tech gadgets )..

 

i think ours just screams a little more wild side whereas the 3rd gen is saying a bit of "im a 9 to 5 paper pusher"

 

i get compliments all the time, even when my dad drives it. hes like wtf everyone stares

 

I've gotten a few compliments in odd places. I was at a party one night sober as a judge (DD) while 2 of my friends were hammered off their asses, so I had to take them home before they got too out of control...well I go out and pull my car in front of the party and while I was waiting for them, 2 guys walked over and talked some car stuff with me, then out of no where 5 girls walked over...I was liking that ratio

Last random one I can remember, myself and KSuchdeve were over at our dealership to try and find out what part I had just lost under my hood and we both got a few compliments from someone just hanging around and then from one of the service reps

 

I parked beside an Integra (not in the best condition) at school, I reversed in so these 2 girls were staring at me and my car, they said "nice car, dude" then I said thanks. And as I was walking towards the school, I said her teg was nice also, so giggled and said "yeah right".

 

haha my girlfriend's mom's friend went to dinner with us tonight and when they picked me up, this friend saw my car and was like "wow that is a cool car, it looks sexy." i was just like "chyeah"

 

Hahaha It happens All The Time its awesome....I'm pretty sure everyone here can get girls with the TL...thats if they want to. The TL Looks Official tho.

 

Hmmm I've only received compliments from a couple of former classmates and probably once at an Autozone by a fellow TL-er. My friends haha forget it. I get "grandpa mobile" to "holy shiz, is that a tank"

 

haha yea Chris, yea it helped out that the car was just washed

I didnt forget about the mats I will try to meet up with you one of these weekends before it starts to snow...


Have any of you with the lip kits noticed that you get a lot of stares from people who have TL's with out the kit? There always the older crowd and you come to a stop at a light or something. You glance over and they are looking at the kit nodding their head (no offense to anyone who doesnt have one)

 

Jeah...my car is a panty dropper...it def help wit the girls even tho i never really had much problems wit geting them...but i always get asked "do u want to sell it? lemme kno i want to buy it"

 

i always get props. even at the lumber yard

 

After a wedding while waiting for my car at valet, I had an older lady come up to me and ask what kind of car is that. She was in her 50's and kept saying, that's a beautiful car. Then when her car pulled up through valet I was like, it's the same car as yours! She had a white TL-P 2002/03. She didn't believe me for some reason.

 

it's official, we've all become TL fanboys

 

: hahah

 

Strange places:

1) Costco parking lot in a city 100 miles from my house -- older folks liked my rims (Volks) and the color (even though it was covered in bug guts on the front)

2) BMW dealership -- salesperson liked what I did to my Acura (re: JDM badging, mods)

3) Infiniti dealership -- salesguy does a double-take when I went to test drive a '03 G35 coupe when it came out

4) lately -- various high school kids, soccer moms at the grocery store, bank parking lot ... seems no one around here has seen a modified 4 door without a STi spoiler on it before

Guess I am very particular with my car (ie Zaino)... even though it's approaching 7 years in age ... it still looks pretty good.

 

Shoot! I totally forgot how old our cars are now.... still seems like I got my car only yesterday (I bought it used in Feb 05).

 

I've gotten some weird ones...at a stop light when I was stationed in Texas, an older guy pulled up next to me in his newer(don't know what year) F-250 and rolled down his window to say "Nice car, very classy." I was pretty surprised. I've also gotten compliments at gas stations and places like that. I also hear the "WOW, it's an 02? That paint looks awesome!"

 

wish someone would compliment my paint. seems like the previous owner parked the car next to forest fires and watch the acid rain drop on it

 

I get stares when I tell people I drive a '99 with just a hair over 70k miles. Bought it used in Jan '05 with 40k. Previous owner babied the hell out of the car, hand washed only, had every oil change and tire rotation in the manual.

As far as compliments, yeah, elementary school parking lot. by a 7 year old kid. I had to explain to him how it was dangerous to talk to strangers as I stuffed him the trunk.

j/k

 

i love how i pull up to parties etc, and blind everyone with my hid's ...then everyone just stands there staring at my car ... lol..... A-SPEC FTW!!!!!!!!!!

 

my ex used to say I drive a grandpa's car when i first got it. After i put tint, oem kit, rims, and teins on it she was always telling me how nice my car was.

 

I was parked next to a brand new Buick Lucerne while getting my DINO CASTROL at WALLY MART>All of a sudden I noticed the BEAUTIFUL GM Orange Peel Paint job on the Lucerne. It had to be the worst paint job on a new car I have seen in a long time.
My 99 TL-P that just turned 9 years old, has a great paint job (shiny and smooth=not a flaw). Seeing the Lucerne made me realize how well our cars are painted.
I kept waiting to see who would buy a car that had a paint job on it that looked as bad as this one did, but no one showed up. I drove off realizing that I should be happy with what I have and not unhappy with what I don't have!

 

I get it once and a while... The girlfriend’s family had a chance to see it for the first time for thanksgiving and I got several compliments. When we left, I received several more for the LED's under the door handles.
It really is nice to hear that now and then.
I'll have to clean it up some for the Christmas holiday now.

On another occasion I received a parking ticket, but it almost made it better when I noticed that the officer wrote that it was a 2007 Acura. (Plus it was only ten bucks)

 

lol you got lucky ^

 

1. I get it a few times. I was driving to maryland one day and this guy in a modded Honda accord coupe was tailgating me. So I slowed down, pulled in the next lane and he pulled up beside be and asked me to take my window down. I did and he said Nice ride and kept it moving. Im not gonna lie my head got big for a min, cuz his car was modded pretty nice and I'm just lowered w/Oem type- s joints w/oem kit.

2. I get double takes sometimes when I'm at supermarket parking lots or Mall parking lots. Many people ask me what year the car is and when I say 99 they look very surprised. I keep my car always washed and waxed. I think the 02/03 conv helps also.

 

Surprisingly i do get compliments especially here in california where everyone drives high end bimmers or mercedes i get compliments on my car every now and den i quess they don't expect a young guy like me to keep my car in such clean condition btw i jus got it clayed and buffed so it's xtra shiney now

 

i always get it from friends parents but most of my friends also tell me i have grandpa car