Nate579

I have noticed that alot of TL owners on this site were previous Nissan Maxima owners. Including myself, I have owned a maxima from every year since 1992. All SE's This my first Acura.
The poll: What cars have you owned in the past?

Example:

Traded In (Replaced):

Infinity I-30T 1996

1995 Nissan Maxima SE 5 spd (0-60 6.6 sec, 142 mph) Oh I miss that car)

1992 Nissam Maxima SE (Auto)

1990 Nissan Maxima SE (Auto)

1980 Honda Prelude (first car I ever had sex in and thank god for the sunroof or she would have a lot bumps on her head. LMAO)

1976 Pontiac Sunbird (Army Days)

1975 Chevy Camaro (Army Days)
1976 Chevy Citation (Army Days)

Current:

2002 TL-S, 1996 Toyota Corolla (Commute), 1998 Ford Ranger XLT 4x4

I hope this poll isn't too confusing, If someone have a better way of writing this poll , be my guess. Just wanted to see if my theory is true that majority of the people on this board, either owned or still own Maximas or a Similar Japanese vehicle.

tea elle

I traded in a 01 TL

Before that, a 94 Legend

Before that a 95 J30 Infiniti (zzzzzz)

Before that a 91 Legend

Before that a 94 Integra coupe

Before that a 81 280ZX (my first love, killed by a semi truck while parked one day).

AKRY

Hm.. lets see... it's tall, easy to tip over.... it's a gas guzzler.... IT'S AN SUV!!!

Traded In:

1993 Jeep Grand Cherokee Limited

Every single option except V8 and Sunroof.

One Owner, no accident.

TL-S is head and shoulder above the Jeep in just about every way.... maybe except rattles/creaks. My Jeep has been rattle-free even after 8 years of driving(and some off-roading).

Andy Kuo

RX-72ATL-S

Started with my 80 Corolla 2dr

Then 86 Mazda B2000 Slammed

Then 93 GMC Serria Sport Side

Then 94 Civic EX

Then a 95 4 Runner SR5

Then a 96 4 Runner SR5 w/leather

Then a 99 Suburban and a 93 Rx7

Then a 94 RX7 and still the 99 Burb

Finally my 02 TL-S and still the 99 Burb

seqiro

Started with a '93 Dodge Colt (rolled over)

...then a '96 Dodge Stratus (J U N K)

...then a '97 Pontiac Grand Prix GTP coupe (210,000 miles)

tonight, I pick up my '02 ABP TL-S/Nav YAY!!

Paul

TL4Mo

Here's what's been in the "family" thus far:

1983 VW Scirrocco (at 6 yrs old it looked good...but was always broken)

1990 Nissan Sentra (good dependable boring car)

1990 Maxima, great car until the tranny gave out at 120k miles

1990 Toyota pickup.....fantastic lil truck...until it took in water in the head gasket (flood in Houston)

1994 Infiniti Q45 (fab ride until it was wrecked...and then flooded)

Now driving 2 21st Century vehicles:
02 Type S
01 Toyota 4 Runner, Sport Package with the hood scoop

SybariticOne

'93 Chevy Silverado Ext. Cab Regency Conversion: 173,000 miles and still going strong when traded (traded on '99 TL)

'87 Ferrari 328 GTS: only 25,000 miles (sold two weeks ago)

'99 TL (traded on 2002 Type S)

'02 TL-S

juniorbean

iTrader: (5)

Well, since I'm young (24), this is only my 4th car....

'87 Mustang (used)
'95 Sunfire GT (new)
'98 Acura CL 3.0 (new)
'02 TL-S (new)

None of them are really in the same class as the other, but I slowly moved up the food chain!!

rockinTLS

No Max's here. My brother's had two, though, an '87 and a '94(?). BTW, he hates the newer one.

My own family recently stepped from an '87 Legend (210,000 & counting. We still drive it) to the TL-S.

My other "car" is a resto-(slightly)rodded '72 Suburban.

gvtire

I've been driving too long, so here is the list:

65 Olds 442
73 Audi 100LS
76 Chrysler Cordoba
77 Chrysler Cordoba
79 Chrysler 300 (Basically a Cordoba with A74 option)
84 Pontiac Trans-Am (WS6)
84 Mercury Topaz LS
84 Ford Thunderbird Fila
88 Mercury Sable LS
91 Plymouth Aclaim LX
99 Chrysler Sebring LXi
01 Acura CL-P
02 Acura TL-S

RHINO928

'98 EXPEDITION

My wife was tired of driving a school bus......

tgif

1982 Buick Century Limited (Used)
1992 Toyota Camry (New)
2000 BMW 323i (New)
2002 Acura TL-S (New)

I had a 2000 Maxima GXE and traded it for the Infiniti I30t.

TTopJohn

The TL replaced a 91 Legend LS which replaced an 87 Nissan Maxima - once again, a Maxima lurks in the past

pianoman41

Another Maxima here. My list:

'75 Plymouth Fury 318 V8 (used)
'81 Chevrolet Caprice Classic 305 V8 (used)
'87 Chevrolet Camaro LT 305 V8 (used)
'93 Nissan Sentra SE-R 2.0L 4 (new)
'97 Nissan Maxima SE 3.0L V6 (new)
'02 Acura TL-S 3.2L V6 (new)

Technically I still have the Maxima because we sold the wife's '94 Geo Prizm 2.0L 4 (new) with 150,000 miles on it and kept the Maxima. So I get the best of both worlds.

VolkRacing

my list is not quite as impressive but here it is...

1994 Honda prelude VTEC (bought it new) r.i.p.

but insurance gave me over $12,000 for it

lonny

1963 T-Bird
1971 RoadRunner (faaaaassssttt)
1977 Honda Accord 5spd
1982 Ford Mustang GT 4spd
1985 Toyota Celica GT-S 5spd
1987 Acura Legend Coupe 5spd
1994 Toyota Camry LE V6 - wife drove
1998 Lexus GS400 - wife did NOT drive (still hates me!)
2000 Toyota Avalon (current - wife drives)
2002 Acura TL-S (current - wife does NOT drive) ha ha ha ha

oracion

1994 Civic (Gone)
2000 Sienna
2002 TL-S

Robbdogg

'88 Ford Escort - Piece of S#it!! But at least I had enough bass in there that I never heard how bad the car really ran. (first and only american car I will ever drive)

'92 Honda Civic HB (RIP ) - Great car. Never a single problem with it......Until I got hit head on by a drunk in a Toyota 4X4, and rear ended too! Walked away from the car though. (airbags HURT)

'99 TL - Loved her, but it was time to get rid of her.

And now, the '02 SSM TL-S!!

imax

1997 MAXIMA SE Stolen

to

1999 ACURA 3.2TL Big Auto Accident

to

2002 ACURA 3.2TL-s So far, So good xx

heymista

69 VW Beetle to
79 Honda Accord to
84 Dodge 600 convertible to
88 Volvo 740T to
92 Acura Vigor to
95 Toyota Avalon to
02 Acura TLS

also own 2001 Honda Odyssey which recently replaced
1997 GMC Yukon

TLinBama

1986 Pontiac Fiero
1992 Eagle Talon Tsi AWD
1998 Dodge Neon R/T
2000 Acura TL
2002 Acura TL-S

Viperdave

For the Tl-S I traded in a 94' Lexus GS 300, previous to that a 92' Acura Vigor and b4 that my first Honda product an 88' Prelude Si. I have previously purchased for my wife an 89' CRX and her current ride is a 98' CRV. She actually had the opportunity to trade the CRV for an RX300 an decided she'd rather have the CRV !!

BLEXV6

1982 Accord LX
1985 Accord EX
1986 Accord LX
1992 Accord EXR
1994 Vigor GS
1998 Accord EXV6 (still have)
2002 3.2 TL-P

You could say I like Hondas

TexasTLS

The list is long, but here goes!

'69 Nova 350 SS (used - what a first car)
'73 Monte Carlo (used)
'74 Mustang (used)
'78 Camaro (new)
'82 Camaro (new)
'84 Cutlass (new, a real mistake)
'88 Accord LX (new)
'92 Accord EX (new)
'97 Accord Spec. Ed. (new, great car, but then the '98s came out and I had to have one)
'98 Accord V6 Coupe (new)

Although I love my TLS, I still sigh when I see another car like my white '98 Accord Coupe. I hope it's being treated well.

oblio98

OK, here goes:

1970 Subaru 360 (Yes, the two-stroke 3 cylinder beast)
1971 Subaru 1300 FF-1G
1973 Triumph Spitfire 1500
1974 SAAB 99
1965 SAAB 96 (used - for driving to the shipyard)
1977 SAAB 99EMS
1980 SAAB 900S
1981 SAAB 900Turbo
1982 SAAB 900S
1986 MAXIMA 4DSC (247,000 miles)
1996 MAXIMA SE 5 Sp
1997 MAXIMA SE 5 Sp
1999 ACURA TL - NAV (Leased - Never Again!)
2002 ACURA TL-S NAV



This does not count any of my parents cars (early) or wife cars.

:-jon

yee

88 Saab 900 turbo
94 Ford Explorer XLT
97 Jeep YJ Sahara 4.0L
98 Ford Explorer Limited
02 TL-S

RedLined

The cars I've had and mileage when I got rid of them (for the ones I can remember)...

79 Pontiac Bonneville
79 Mazda GLC
85 Peugoet 505 STi Turbo Diesel (say that 10 times fast) 230000 mi
89 Acura Integra LS 2 dr 65000 mi
90 Acura Integra GS 2 dr 72000 mi. Traded 89 Integra for this.
95 Honda Accord EX 4 dr 75000 mi. Sold 90 Integra for this.
95 Honda Del Sol Si 25000 mi
98 Honda Accord EX V6 4 dr 115000 mi. Traded 95 Accord for this.
98 Nissan Pathfinder SE 4x4 42000 mi. Sold Del Sol for this.

Current Cars...
94 Acura Legend w/ 185000 mi
00 Chevy Tahoe LT 4x4 w/ 28000 mi. Traded Pathfinder for this.
02 Acura 3.2TL Type S (say that 10 times fast) 11500 mi. Sold the 98 Accord for this.

Wash n Wax

1973 Plymouth Duster (First hand-me-down)
1978 Volkswagen Rabbit Diesel (Second hand-me-down)
1981 Volkswagen Rabbit Diesel (Those things multiply)
1985 Chevy Cavalier (First New car)
1990 Honda Civic Hatchback Si (Wannabe hotrod)
1991 Nissan 300ZX (Favorite car ever)
1994 Lincoln Mark VIII (Awesome car, but friends called me old man)
1996 Chevy Pickup (All tricked out)
1999 Chrysler 300M (Very pretty, but rattled like hell after 50,000 miles)
2002 Acura TL-S

My last 6 cars have been black. This one is sometimes black, sometimes blue...

wakkolio

I dont have a long list....heheh only 21yrs old, and no i pay for it all not mommy or daddy.

88 RX-7 (used)
98 Civic EX (New)

Now a type S

Biker_RENAMED

I've been driving cars since 1950, so this list will be long.

1940 Plymouth Coupe
1948 Dodge Sedan
1940 Fird Coupe
1948 Hudson Hornet
1957 Plymouth Fury
1958 Olds Super 88
1958 MGA Coupe
1959 Corvette
1960 VW
1960 Porsche 356B Roadster
1961 Pontiac Bonneville
1962 Chrysler 300
1963 Chrysler 300
1964 Corvette Sting Ray Split Window Coupe
1964 Buick Rivera
1965 Plymouth Fury
1966 VW
1967 Karman Ghia
1967 Mercury Cougar
1968 Dodge Charager
1969 Olds 98
1970 Ford Mustang Mach I
1971 Ford LTD Broughm
1972 Chevrolet Impala Custom
1973 Buick Le Sabre
1973 Caddilac Coupe De Ville
1974 Ford Mavrick (Gas shortage)
1976 VW Rabbit
1977 Chevrolet Monte Carlo
1979 Chevrolet Malibu
1980 Toyota Carolla
1984 Toyota Tercel 4 wd Wagon
1985 Toyota Camry
1989 Toyota Camry
1990 Toyota Celica GT
1991 Dodge Stealth
1992 Toyota Camry
1993 Chevrolet Camaro Z28
1994 Toyota Pickup Truck
1995 Chevrolet Blazer 2 DR 2 wd
1996 Chevrolet Blazer 4 DR 4 wd
1998 Honda Accord Coupe EX V-6
1999 Toyota Solara SLE V-6
2002 Acura TL-S

I've also been riding motorcycles for 46 years and still doing it at 67. It's a great life!

CH-TLS

3 Maximas in my past (and present).....I've enjoyed Nissans since 1995 when we bought the wife an Altima.

Here's my ride list - been driving since 1983, so I've got a few years to go to catch up with Biker. This list does not include any of my wife's vehicles (which started with a 1986 Chevy Sprint...)

1982 Ford Fairmont (college car - hey, at least it ran)
1990 Probe GT 5 spd
1996 Maxima SE 5 spd - no leather/Bose - never again
1997 Maxima SE 5 spd (Replaced the '96 Max)
1999.5 Jetta VR6 5 spd (Replaced the Probe)
2000 Maxima SE 5 spd (Replaced the Jetta)
2002 TL-S (replaced the '97 Max)

Sure, there are times when I wish the TL-S had a 6 spd, but there are times (especially when I get stuck in traffic) that I wish the Max had an autobox, too.

thephantom

Well...

Now, a rental Pontiac Sunfire

but, I own a 02 TL-S... in the shop right now.

93 Integra LS Manual

89 Camry

RAdams

1995 Hunter Green Metallic Mazda 626 LX traded 2/97 for...
1997 Granada Black Pearl Acura Integra GS-R Coupe traded 1/00 for...
2000 White Diamond Pearl Acura 3.2TL. Traded 7/01 for...
2002 Aegean Blue Pearl Acura 3.2TL Type S.

Aside from price, the wheel sizes of the cars have escalated as well: 14" -> 15" -> 16" -> 17".

cjscott

1979 GMC pickup (used) in 1992
1981 Toyota pickup (used) in 1992
1984 Mazda 626 (used) in 1993
1990 Mazda pickup (used) in 1994
1994 Mazda Protege (used) in 1996
1999 Honda Civic Si (new)
2002 TL-S

Fins^

61 Mercury Comet (used)
68 Mercury Cougar (used)
77 VW Rabbit
83 VW GTI
86 VW Golf
87 VW Vanagon
90 VW Vanagon
90 Honda Accord
94 Acura Integra GSR
96 Eagle Vision TSI (Yuk)
00 Acura TL
01 Audi A4 Avant
02 Acura TL-S

greenpelikan

'84 Volvo Bertone Coupe (Like a tank!)
'87 Mitsubishi Montero (The Urban Gorilla)
'95 Acura Integra GSR (Still my favorite!)
'99 Acura 3.2TL (Shouldn't have gotten the 1st year model)
'02 Acura 3.2TL Type S (Yeah Baby!!!!)

dspivy

1978 Pontiac Grand Prix (Bought Used) - scraped on the floor when making left hand turns, 'nuff said.

1982 Buick Regal (Bought Used) - Spun Bearing ~90K miles...Loved this car even though it had no horsepower and the sunroof leaked

1991 Chevrolet Beretta (Bought New) - Sold with ~91K, excellent car, (I actually did not feel guilty selling it to a friend) Replaced by '02 Acura TL-S ABP


There were two Maxima's in the family though: '87 & '96 which I thought were good cars until I picked up my Acura.

Guest

'85 Accord
'87 Ford Taurus Wagon
'89 Nissan Pathfinder
'86 Accord
'94 Ford Windstar
'93 Accord

gohawks63

I tend to keep my cars a while. The following is a list of cars that have been in the "family". A * next to the car indicates that I was the primary driver.

My cars:

1st car: '76 Fiat 128 * (Don't laugh) It was killed by a Delta 88
2nd car: '78 Chevy Impala (bought it w/69K miles sold it w/165K)

'79 Mustang Ghia (Biggest toilet I've ever driven or sat on)

'91 Toyota Camry V6-LE (ex-wife took that)
'90 Starcraft converted S10 Blazer* (good example of typical poor US build quality)

'93 Mazda MX-6 LS (V-6) My new wife's car
'93 Acura Vigor * (traded Blazer for this)

'95 Nissan Pathfinder SE (traded Mazda for this)
'98 Nissan Pathfinder LE (traded '95 Pathfinder for this)

'01 Acura TL w/NAVI* (traded '93 Vigor for this)

tea elle

In order of appearance....

'77 Datsun 280Z
'77 MGB
'73 VW Bus
'75 BMW 2002
'74 Datsun Pick Up
'85 BMW 728 4 speed (grey market)
'86 Toyota Pick Up
'91 Toyota 4 Runner
'81 Nissan 280ZX
'93 Isuzu Rodeo
'94 Acura Integra Coupe
'91 Acura Legend L
'95 Infiniti J30
'94 Acura Legend Coupe
'01 Acura TL non/navi
'02 Acura TL-S w/navi