Living in Houston I only get to use the seat warmer once in a while, but the least used part has got to be the casette player. I haven't touched it since I got my car. Oh and also the programmable garage door opener since I don't have a garage.

My friend who has a TL also doesn't even know some of the stuff on his car...like the heated side mirror. Or the guide missles to clear out traffic in front of you, or the oil slick to get rid of those pesky tail gaters. What other hidden gadgets you don't know exist on your TL?

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2001 3.2TL with Nav
Satin Silver Metallic
Factory Rear Wing Spoiler

 

never used the casette player... heated seats everyday in winter, sunroof everyday in spring and summer, others 24-7

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2000 Red Hot TL w/o nav
Burlwood Trim and Shift Knob
Wood Trim Set
Gutter Guard Grill
Nebraska Legal Darkest Tint
Goodyear Eagle HP Ultra Plus 225/55/16
Photos Of My RED HOT TL

 

Casette player? what are casettes? No for reals I don't even own a casette? Don't know anyone who owns a casette! Never use that thing.

Heated seats? I live in Arizona. I used it once just cause I wanted to make sure that it worked.

Sunroof? use it all the time...especailly since its spring time.

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1998 3.2TL
Tinted Dark!!
HID headlights
Boston Pro 6.4's all the way around
Weapon-R intake on order

 

Use the seat warmers all the time....esp. during fall and winter and when i pull a muscle on my lower back after the gym...feels great. Also, the home-link garage opener is the best thing to have since i use it to enter my garage at work and home. No more clunky openers on the visor!

 

We have a cassette player???

Oh snap, we do, I just looked at some pics of the interior..

Never used it, don't own any cassettes.

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i used the cassette player once due to my having to listen to my friends 8trach mix. I had no idea that i even had the cassette player.

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I'm surprised they still put in a cassette player. Save the $15 and put it towards something else Having a cassette player is almost like having an 8 track.

 

hey i actually use my cassette player a lot. I recorded a few of my favorite songs on there. I can play them whenever I want without having to search thru the cd wallet for em. Maybe if I had a 6disc changer I could leave one disc with all my favs on there, but since I dont, I settle for the ancient tape player.

As for the sunroof...I ALWAYS have the atleast the shade open when driving, I just like the added light it provides.

Heated seats are used every now an then more for keeping my back comfortable than to warm my azz.

 

You might wanna think about getting a CD burner to create a few CDs w/your favorites.

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yeh I have one...its just sometimes I wanna listen to one disc, but then I'll feel like stopping and then listening to some other song (like the one on my tape). I duno... I really should invest in a changer.

 

I too have never used my cassette player..

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2000 Naples Gold 3.2TL/Navi - Factory Stock but with up-graded tires

 

I got it...I got it...Heated side mirrors

My car is always toasty and warm in the garage. Maybe if I parked it outside then...

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1999 Satin Silver Metallic 3.2 TL w/o Navigation

• 18x8 Racing Hart C2s with 225/40ZR18 Dunlop SP Sport 9000
• Comptech Springs, Sways, Exhaust, and Headers
• Red AEM CAI w/bypass valve
• A'PEXi Digital VTEC AFC
• Factory Underbody Kit and Spoiler
• Clifford Intelliguard 9000 Alarm
• Alpine 6 disk CD Changer
• BEL 945i Cordless Radar Detector
• Burlwood Shift Knob & Trunk Tray
• 20% tint

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I agree. Even with all the cold weather we've had this winter, I have yet to use the heater on the side windows. They never froze, and I park the car outside in my driveway every day.



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2001 Satin Silver TL
- Factory Rear Wing
- Factory Body Kit
- Factory Wood Kit
- Burlwood Shift Knob

 

Haven' t turned off my heated seats and heated mirrors in 5 months.

Use casette player when needed.

Lumbar doesn't crank high enough, so I just leave it alone.

AND I HAVEN'T USED MY AIRBAGS ONCE!!

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1999 Firepepper Red
Under Body Kit/Rear Wing Spoiler/26 Piece Wood Grain Console/BurlWood Shift Knob/
30% Smoke Tint/Comptech Sways & Springs (not installed yet)

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The brake pedal!!!

 

Stole my thunder Poly. I guess it'd be "Park".

 

I know what you mean, even with the CDs that I burn, I find that I want to change them too. Oh well, CD changer here I come.. soon as the funds come in.


Adam, We have lumbar?? Where?? I can't find the button for it??

as for gadgets, Cruise Control is hardly used. I used the heated mirrors 1 time.


The roaming preset radio station feature is really cool to use... I use it when I drive to LA. You don't loose your original presets.

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There is a lever on the right side of the drivers seat-back. It pumps three times then deflates again. Need to be able to pump it one more time.

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1999 Firepepper Red
Under Body Kit/Rear Wing Spoiler/26 Piece Wood Grain Console/BurlWood Shift Knob/
30% Smoke Tint/Comptech Sways & Springs (not installed yet)

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Tape Player, Cruise Control

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2000 3.2TL Nighthawkblack/Ebony Nav
Same as FTM-1

 

The garage thingy, don't use my garage. The lumber thingy, didn't even know we had it. Did anyone forget that they have not used their spare tire? I used it more then enough times. Also I've never used any of my airbags either, that would be a bad thing.

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2001 Acura 3.2TL w/ Navi Black ext. Ebony int., Sunroof Visor,
35% Smoke Metallic Tint, Burlwood Shiftknob, Alpine CHM-S620 6-disc cd-changer

Coming soon...
Video in my Navi Kit. & Playstation 2
New Paint Job
JL Audio 12w6 Sub. & Audiobahn A1800E Amp.

 

garage opener

lumbar

cruise control

I guess I'm an old tmer here I still have cassettes. so I use the tape player

 

it had got to be the lumbar support

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Cassette Player....we have one of those?

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2000 TL - Laguna Green, Navi, Rear Spoiler. PIAA Hyperwhite HB's. 17" CL-S wheels with Bridgestone RE 730 - 225/45/17's. Soon to have Comptech Suspension, Sways & Axle back Exhaust.

 

programmable garage door opener and cassette player would be on the top of the list.

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1999 stock Silver TL w/Navi
1990 orange CRX (IS300 Eater)

 

DITTO! Hope they work.

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2000 Fire Pepper Red/ebony TL, non-navi. factory spoiler, std chrome wheels, 35% tint, comptech exhaust, wood trim kit...
Quiets ride

 

Thats what that thing is?? I was messing with it but it didn't do anything that I could notice..
Even my old Ford had an electronic pump and it did inflate enough.. especially on those long trips...

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I only used Cruise control once..
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'99 TL Satin Silver/Ebony, Non/Nav, Comptech lowered, Comptech Air Filter Element, Inspire Tails, AEM Brake Pads all around, Comptech Axle Back Exhaust, "Guy Smiley" doll on the dash as my Co-driver...

Pics of my TL
Pics of my Miata! Wadya think?

 

How about the keyholes? I've never ever used my key in the door.

 

How about the emergency trunk release inside the trunk (knock on wood...).

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I actually use casette player, just not for playing tapes back : I have my mp3 cd player hooked up to it. It would be nice to hook it up directly to get rid of little hissing sound at max volume but I haven't found a way to do it easily yet.
Maybe I should ask Streeteffectz...

Oh, forgot to vote
***** Heated mirrors ******

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I change my vote. I'm with Nate. I can't remember ever using the keyholes.

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1999 Satin Silver Metallic 3.2 TL w/o Navigation

• 18x8 Racing Hart C2s with 225/40ZR18 Dunlop SP Sport 9000
• Comptech Springs, Sways, Exhaust, and Headers
• Red AEM CAI w/bypass valve
• A'PEXi Digital VTEC AFC
• Factory Underbody Kit and Spoiler
• Clifford Intelliguard 9000 Alarm
• Alpine 6 disk CD Changer
• BEL 945i Cordless Radar Detector
• Burlwood Shift Knob & Trunk Tray
• 20% tint

Mugen Grill on order

 

The ash trays in the door. I thought this was a non smoking car.

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I use the cassette player once every six months. Heated mirrors I use when my mirrors are frozen but I always forget to turn them off. Umm... Homelink is useless, along with the ash trays. Also, get this, when we got the TL, the second day, I put my dads glasses in the holder on the roof. I was bored and opened it and guess what I found. Yep. The glasses. I haven't opened that thing in almost two years. Useless for me.

Rosh

 

How's this for a useless feature? I didn't even know this one existed until I saw another TL with it slid forward:

The center console armrest can slide forward. I guess it's to provide more support.

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'01 TL with Navi
Naples Gold Metallic
Wings West custom 2-leg spoiler wing
Solar Gard Titanium Tint 43 all around.
Acura logo tire valve stem caps.

 

i noticed that a few days ago..i was like "oh shit"..."wow". Besides that...key holes are quite pointless...what i never have nor will use is the little hook in the back seat for the child seat.

 

Ash Tray..... still nice and clean

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99 TL Silver
-AEM CAI
-N1 Exhaust
-Eibach Prokit
-Custom Prelude Type-S
Front grill
-Custom badge
-Polarg M14
-Eurolite Highbeam
-Body kit
-Rear wing
-Neuspeed towerbar

 

Never used the cassette player, never used the lumbar thing, never used the key holes.

Does anyone know that the center armrest slides foward?

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2001 Nighthawk Black Pearl TL

• Comptech springs (on order)
• Inspire tailights
• Weapon-R hyper intake
• Burlwood shift knob
• Razo carbon fiber pedals
• Inspire fog light switch (no fogs yet)

 

Keyholes...

 

Wow. I use my sideview mirrors constantly while driving and parking, and I have been very grateful to have those sideview mirror heaters, especially with the two or three episodes of freezing rain this winter. I've scratched up the mirrors on my Integra scraping ice off of it.

Maybe your driveway is inclined so that your mirrors aren't in the wind? Mine were encased every time.

Plus it's not just for ice, it's also good as a defogger.

The #1 most useless gizmo is the CD caddy tray in the non-NAV dashboard. I finally got rid of it two months ago and put in a half-DIN EQ unit.

I've also never used the cruise control yet except to test to see if it worked.

 

living in Houston, never really got the chance to try out the seat warmers..