3rd Gen TL resale value: am I missing something?
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3rd Gen TL resale value: am I missing something?
I've been looking for a 2004-2008 TL here in the Chicagoland area for a while and I'm seeing a lot of relatively clean vehicles around 100k miles going from $4000-6000 (dealership pricing). That seems low to me—is this just evidence that these cars are generally undervalued? Expensive to maintain?
I've never owned an Acura, but need a quality new daily driver. So far I've been really liking what I'm seeing/reading about the 3rd gen TL.
I've never owned an Acura, but need a quality new daily driver. So far I've been really liking what I'm seeing/reading about the 3rd gen TL.
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Price all depends on how clean, well maintained and also accidents etc... I just bought an 05 TL 82K Miles, one owner clean carfax, always serviced at ACURA for $6000 and change.
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I've been looking for a 2004-2008 TL here in the Chicagoland area for a while and I'm seeing a lot of relatively clean vehicles around 100k miles going from $4000-6000 (dealership pricing). That seems low to me—is this just evidence that these cars are generally undervalued? Expensive to maintain?
I've never owned an Acura, but need a quality new daily driver. So far I've been really liking what I'm seeing/reading about the 3rd gen TL.
I've never owned an Acura, but need a quality new daily driver. So far I've been really liking what I'm seeing/reading about the 3rd gen TL.
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Agreed, my 2006 6MT only has 160,000 miles on the clock; I fully expect it to last over 300,000 miles with nothing more than a timing belt, some seals, a few suspension components, and maybe a powersteering system replacement; all an all, it is quite inexpensive to maintain this car.
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Last night I went to look at an 2005 TL, DGP (love this color, super rare here), one-owner, serviced every 5k miles at the same Acura dealership where it was first purchased. 122k miles. It was the first TL I have ever driven. Tried to get out the door for $5k, no dice so I walked away from it.
Duly noted on the auto trans. I like the 07-08 a little better for sure, and am hoping to find a Type-S. So are the 07-08 auto trans okay then?
Duly noted on the auto trans. I like the 07-08 a little better for sure, and am hoping to find a Type-S. So are the 07-08 auto trans okay then?
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Finding the Type S is not a problem, finding a clean Type S with decent price will be a problem.
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Stick with a stick, most auto type S I have seen in the wild are beat within an inch of their life at this point... I watched the market for a while before I pounced (08 NBP TLS 6MT). If i was to do it all again, I would find the cleanest stick 04-06 TL i could and run it into the ground.
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I've been looking for a 2004-2008 TL here in the Chicagoland area for a while and I'm seeing a lot of relatively clean vehicles around 100k miles going from $4000-6000 (dealership pricing). That seems low to me—is this just evidence that these cars are generally undervalued? Expensive to maintain?
I've never owned an Acura, but need a quality new daily driver. So far I've been really liking what I'm seeing/reading about the 3rd gen TL.
I've never owned an Acura, but need a quality new daily driver. So far I've been really liking what I'm seeing/reading about the 3rd gen TL.
Only car that's really holding value is TL-S with clean title and 6spd manual trans.
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The 6MT versions of the 2004-2006 are holding their values pretty well too.
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Last night I went to look at an 2005 TL, DGP (love this color, super rare here), one-owner, serviced every 5k miles at the same Acura dealership where it was first purchased. 122k miles. It was the first TL I have ever driven. Tried to get out the door for $5k, no dice so I walked away from it.
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$6100 out the door. Which isn't terrible, but I was more interested in getting a read on their motivation to sell. I may hit em up again on the last day of the month. Maybe I can get some WeatherTech mats and a case of oil filters...
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^^^^ probably around $6500 to $7000.
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