Noahkk17

Hey all, just sayin what's up and introducing myself.

I'm about to be the owner of this car most likely Acura 3.2TL Type-S

I'm from Atlanta, 17, this is pretty much a gift to me I guess, but I should have the car a couple days after New Years 1) If it's still at that dealer 2) If I don't find a better deal. I've looked through every single last tranny problem thread on this forum and over at Acura World .com and pretty much I feel comfortable with the inevitability that the tranny will go bad, mainly because of the warranty. I have a question tho...Has anyone thought about going somewhere BESIDES Acura for a new tranny or a tranny rebuild? Such as Level 10? I know they build trannies to hold tons of power which also can equate to the trannies being reliable, and it just seems like some transmission professionals would be able to clear up that 3rd gear cluster problem.

I realllllllllly would like Navi, but if not...kool. It seems that those are a rare find, but if any of you SouthEast members know of any deals please let me know. Off the bat we're offering the dealer $16,500 for that car, do you think that's low balling him?

MattT516

Hey, welcome to the board.

$16,500 would be a FANTASTIC price for a TL/S (unless it has over 100k miles, which I'm doubting) but if you get the warranty you are covered to 100k miles so any tranny problems will be automatically covered by the Acura dealer. I remember some people with S/C and turbo getting rebuilt transmissions because of the extra stress it would put upon the tranny, but other than that I really don't know anyone else that has gone that route.

As for the board, if you like to modify your car from time-to-time this site will beat up your wallet so bad you won't know what hit you. Be prepared to modify your car to no end with rims, engine modifications, body kits, spoilers, suspension kits, anything you could get your hands on.

Give us an update sometime. What color are you thinking of getting?

LiQiCE

Stay away from Level 10 ... Stay far far away from them. They had a lot of problems a few years ago with people ordering parts and Level 10 taking their money but never delivering the product. I don't know if it was ever resolved, but its still left a sour taste in a lot of people's mouths.

If you're willing to fork over the money, I believe that DeansblackCLS over on AcuraZine's CL site may be able to help you out. His name and number are:

Dean Baty
Speed Distributors
407-772-0070

and his company's website is: http://www.speeddistributors.com/

They used to sell an upgraded tranny for the TL-S/CL-S, not sure if they still do but they might be able to at least help you out in aquiring the right parts.

Can't help ya with much else, haven't looked at prices on used TL-S's .. but good luck with your purchase.

r10apple

sc-tls(sp?) has an upgraded transmission from someone in or around Orlando but has had tons of problems with it...

I'd stick to stock...

Noahkk17

Well my 3 top colors in order are that special Blue then Black then Silver. The green one I gave a link for that's just the best deal I've seen so far. I'm probably stay away from modding, I'm young and money isn't flowing sooo modding wouldn't be too up my alley plus I'm one that's easily satisfied when it comes to speed, and the car's faster than my 850 Turbo which I used to think was pretty damn fast for what it is. I WOULD mod however the sound system, I hear the amp is powerful enough on the car, just not the sub and someone I know dropped in a JL Audio 10 and it improved the sound quality pretty well.

Thanks for the welcome

NJ Aegean 03

Good color choice, especially the first one When I bought mine new in 2002, saw that blue and had to have it!

MADCAT

Welcome to our world!

Jput

Welcome and congrats on the purchase (assuming it goes through). If you need any help with stereo equipment give me a PM.

Noahkk17

Thanks guys

Will do Jput, thanks

Pure Adrenaline

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Welcome to the board, and good luck.

36k miles and asking 18k... Damn, what happened to the resale value!? I guess it's good for potential buyers, but it's horrible news for someone like me who's leasing the car and plan to buy it out.

Noahkk17

I've been contacting the dealer through e-mail and a phone call here and there and I've talked to him down to around $16,500 haha, I'm good with words? BUT, I'm waiting until the week after New Years to see if I can find something better, I REALLY like the look of black interior and I'd really love to find a car with Navigation, I hear Acura is on top of it's game with that and I think it completes the look of the interior.

So once again, if any of you guys know of some pure deals in the SouthEast on some TL Type-S's let me know because I realllllllllllllly am fiending for navigation.

2K2SilverTL-S

I wouldn't buy a TL without the Navi system. It makes these cars soooooo much more special than they already are.

Hurleysurf24

if you get 16500 for a tl-s certified .......... then ill drive up there and buy one from them as well. its not cgonna happen. no offense lol. you still got tax title and apr etc etc plus the fact a given word is a given word not a written contract .. no offense, ive just been there and done that


anyways good luck with the pruchase my tl-s was also a partial gift heh

Jerry944T

Nice car and I like that color. I just called that dealer and offered 16,750

Noahkk17

None taken...

What if I bought a TL-S from a independent dealer then got it Acura certified, how much would that be? It was to my understanding that as long as the car is a Acura under 50,000 miles it's still under a Acura bumper to bumper warranty and same with the 100,000 mile power train warranty? Someone clue me in....

Noahkk17

haha, and why did you do that?

Jerry944T

I was bored and it amused me at the time.

I hope you get the car, you'll love it!

Jerry

Noahkk17

Yeah, I have a feeling I'm gonna be in total love...Can someone explain to me this certified Acura thing? I thought all Acura's (Faily new Acura's) were covered, but if not, and I happen to buy the car from a non-Acura dealer would I have to go to one to get it certified or what? I need it alllll spelled out...

And I'm getting that tranny worry again from reading people gripe and complain, my Volvo 850 Turbo lasted/is lasting deeeeeeeeeeeeeeeep into the 100,000's on it's 3rd tranny, having them replaced and having to pay for them is a pain in the ass for my family, and that's part of the reason I'm straying to the TL (In main because of the warranty). I don't think financially I could be able to deal with the car after 100,000 miles and I blow a tranny, I'll drive a car until the wheels fall off but you wouldn't expect most modern cars to crap out on you.

Of course I wouldn't be driving the TL 1,000's of miles a month(I hope) because the Volvo will be here, but it's just that assurance that the car will be there for me that bothers me.

03CoupeV6

You might want to avoid that TL-S. Test drove that one with a friend and got pulled over for speeding! It's been crashed (look carefully at the airbag covers and front end). We were also pretty hard on it.





How ironic.

Noahkk17

Very ironic, haha, that's a bad pic so I can't see shit (what's gong on in that pic?) but thanks man I got your PM too. That's pretty fucked up though, what if I were to have actually got that car...When did you test drive it and what not

03CoupeV6

Yeah, a very bad pic -- I was driving in that picture and it was a camera-phone. You can make out that it is a dark green TL-S though.

The second image didn't load but it was a picture of the ticket.

Noahkk17

Yeah, now I see it. Daaaamn, God must love me because that was seriously the car I was going to get and I would've been fucked over too. Thanks a ton, I guess I won't be going to that guy's dealership anytime soon, even though that was by far the best deal I've seen, but now it all makes sense, back to searching

Noahkk17

This is what I just sent to the dealer...

"A friend of mine just reported to me that that Green TL Type-S I was looking at was in a accident. Do you have any other Type-S's that were not in a accident?"

I wonder what he'll think of that

03CoupeV6

Oh I would avoid ATL Used Cars at all cost. I've driven about 10 of their vehicles and all of them have been screwed up. That's how they offer those prices. Stay away, stay far away.

On the other hand, try Nalley Acura. Those guys are extremely helpful and offered me a 22k mile 2003 Acura CL-S for under $21k. Might be a little more than what you can pay, but they have similar cars for less than that -- and their cars are high quality.

Noahkk17

Well yeah, thanks man I'll be looking other places now, you'll get Rep points like crazy from me everytime I see you post, serious life saver...What part of GA are you from?

03CoupeV6

I'm in Atlanta frequently (best friend is a Tech student). I'll be going to GSU next fall, right now I'm in Rome.

Noahkk17

Georgia State or Georgia Southern?

I'm going to Georgia Southern most likely for college, I'm a senior right now in high school

03CoupeV6

That would be Georgia State

69ssrscam

Just FYI...I saw that green TL yesterday. It's still for sale. Props to 03CoupeV6 for helping a new board member from being taken advantage of.

Noahkk17

Yeah, props the fuck up! Do you Georgia guys have many meets? And 03CoupeV6, I sent you my AIM screename hit me up man, I've found a whole new stable of cars to look at, but of course it'd be kool to talk about em' for a bit with someone so I go about things the right way

Noahkk17

Here's the new most likely candidate

E-Bay

Hopefully the bidding on this one stays low, I doubt it though, and maybe by the grace of God again someone will chime in and tell me that they drove this car and it's been in a accident...

03CoupeV6

The reserve isn't met at $18,550. What is your price cap?

Noahkk17

Yeah, scratch that, my dad gets back into town on the 3rd so, I have to wait and that one will be through with anyways

burn-one

I use Nalley Acura when I bought my 02 TL-s, and have been really impressed with thier service and attention to detail. You can't go wrong IMO.