AnveshGadde

Hello All,
I'm looking to buy an new or used 2007/08 Acura tl in Ontario, Canada.
Could you guys please suggest any Dealers that I can contact.

Alex.Leslie

Not likely to get a lot of good feedback on this one from the community based on other posts I've seen, so I'll try to help out.

1. Looking at dealerships for a 8-9 year old car is a bit of a pain. Not many places have them (thus your question). Those that do will be posting their used inventory on Auto-Trader and Kijiji. If you start there instead of dealer to dealer you'll save a lot of time.
2. Buying privately saves you the GST, which will be in the thousands in Ontario, and can be just as good as buying from a dealer if you do a proper inspection. An important question to ask, whether buying privately or from a dealer, is whether or not the 120,000km service has been done. This includes timing belt, water pump, brakes, and other items which will be a $1,000 service bill at minimum. If it hasn't been done it should provide good leverage on a price discussion, since you'll likely need to do it ASAP (VERY few TL's with less than 120,000km out there).
3. If you're set on a dealership, you can google any Acura dealerships in your area and view their inventory online. If Acura doesn't have what you want, look at other luxury car dealers. People driving Acuras are likely to move to another luxury platform, so Lexus, Infiniti, BMW, Mercedes, and Audi are, IMO, the next most likely places to find the car your looking for.

AnveshGadde

Thanks Alex for your reply.
I was looking in Kijiji and found cars with 15000$ for mileage less than 100k and around 9000$ for mileage between 100k and 150k. With regular maintenance, till what mileage can we maintain it to.

EvilVirus

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Check out the Black market here or use sites like autotrader, cars, etc.

AnveshGadde

What are the regular maintenance checks we have to get done for the Car

Alex.Leslie

there's a thread on here somewhere (too lazy to find it...) where people are reporting north of 300,000M (480,000KM) on their TLs. If you treat them well, drive responsibly, and are particular about your maintenance, these cars can last for a very long time.

IMO, you should always do what you can to find the lowest mileage car that suits your needs, wants, and budget. at 20,000km/year (the average for most people), buying a car with 40,000km less than another is adding two years to the 'life' of your car. Definitely not an exact science, but that's how I feel about it.

AnveshGadde

Thanks Alex

Alex.Leslie

Here is Acura's recommended maintenance services, with their recommended km/timing intervals:
Acura Maintenance Schedule - 2008 TL

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GKinColo08TL

The maintenance is not "regular" as with some cars...it is set by the use of the car, the way you drive. Oil changes every 6-8K miles, tranny service every 30K mile +/-, major timing belt change at approximately 7 years, 105K miles. that'll run you about $600-$1000 parts and labor. If youfind a car near 100K miles or over, make sure that service has been done or get the price of the car reduced to cover that. There are owners that when they get close to 100K miles will sell to avoid doing it.

TL=TrueLove

I perform regular maintenance at Acura. I have on original transmission on an '05 TL with 360,000km and service techs have estimated it will last well above 500,000km+ if I carry on as I am. The most expensive service I have done to date was a timing belt and water pump combination - which feels like eons ago.

Yikes

Doesn't surprise me.

The Honda J engines are incredibly reliable, even if they did have EGR problems in the late 90s and early 2000s. 500,000 kms is no problem at all for a properly maintained one.