View Poll Results: What should be my new TL color?
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Old Sep 5, 2008 | 01:39 AM
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Thumbs up Color?

ok I should be hoping back into a TL soon...not a TL-S! but still im debating on what color to go for...

WDP
NBP

or should i stay loyal to SSM?

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Old Sep 5, 2008 | 01:49 AM
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I love NBP but as much as I hate to say it, WDP. The curse of blackura has been haunting the NBP cars... or its know as the NBP curse. Why are you leaving the RL?
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Old Sep 5, 2008 | 01:57 AM
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Well several reasons im leaving the RL
1. I just dont feel it while driving.
2. Not eye candy like the TL
3.def. the color
4. The TL just rocks....i mean im 19 so lol
5. Gas
6. To mod this RL right is going to be expensive as hell!!!!


I know if i get another SSM I am going to end up doing almost the same thing i did before. My second choice is def. WDP.
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Old Sep 5, 2008 | 02:13 AM
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WDP all day man, tint it and the chicks are yours
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Old Sep 5, 2008 | 07:45 AM
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WDP baby!!!!
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Old Sep 5, 2008 | 07:46 AM
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Old Sep 5, 2008 | 08:16 AM
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WDP
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Old Sep 5, 2008 | 08:21 AM
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damn barely anylove from SSM?
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Old Sep 5, 2008 | 08:35 AM
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Hold up, wait a minute, I voted WDP, and I just realized you are in Brooklyn...

I changed my mind... don't steal my shine, lol... go with SSM
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Old Sep 5, 2008 | 09:15 AM
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I drive a NBP, love it to death. But if I had another chance I'd go WDP.
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Old Sep 5, 2008 | 09:28 AM
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Yeah I'd go with the WDP, I hate the SSM, I don't know why I just dont like the way it looks
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Old Sep 5, 2008 | 09:37 AM
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^ I'm looking at your Avatar... I'm puzzled.

Get NBP, a very sexy color for a TL-S, and it makes the car look very aggressive....
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Old Sep 5, 2008 | 10:47 AM
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Originally Posted by TeknoKing
^ I'm looking at your Avatar... I'm puzzled.

Get NBP, a very sexy color for a TL-S, and it makes the car look very aggressive....
I completely agree with you. But he said "not a type-s". I think the chrome that the type-s has, and the tails/side makers, look hot as hell on a nbp.
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Old Sep 5, 2008 | 11:25 AM
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Go with the WDP. Black cars are great when clean, but are a nightmare to take care of. After a wash, it will be covered in dust within an hour, and if you aren't big on detailing, it will look like crap in 2 years.
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Old Sep 5, 2008 | 11:30 AM
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^ WDP is a pain, it get's dirty very fast, and there are constant marks left all over...I'm sick of coumponding it...

(I had NBP before, same amount of fun of hard work required to get the blue specs out)

SSM is the best I would say to clean less.
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Old Sep 5, 2008 | 11:49 AM
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Originally Posted by TeknoKing
^ WDP is a pain, it get's dirty very fast, and there are constant marks left all over...I'm sick of coumponding it...

(I had NBP before, same amount of fun of hard work required to get the blue specs out)

SSM is the best I would say to clean less.
That is why I got alabaster silver.
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Old Sep 5, 2008 | 11:55 AM
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I voted silver, but you should get the one you like the most- the color which makes you say, "That's a great looking car" when you look at it while walking away.
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Old Sep 5, 2008 | 12:10 PM
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How are you not taking a hit going from a TL > RL > TL?

I would keep the RL.
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Old Sep 5, 2008 | 12:21 PM
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I have NBP and it looks fabulous when it's clean, but it's a nightmare to keep it clean and it will show every swirl mark or minute scratch more than many other colors. I currently have two black cars and my prior car was also black, and I've pretty much determined that my next one will not be. Just takes too much effort to keep them looking good.

Of the three you listed, I'd go with SSM. I had two silver cars in the 1990s (a 1982 Accord and a 1986 Legend) and both were far easier to keep looking good. They don't show swirl marks and such nearly as much, either (and I knew a heck of a lot less about proper car-washing techniques then than I do now, too).
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Old Sep 5, 2008 | 02:26 PM
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I know it wasn't one of the choices, but... KBP FTMFW!!
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Old Sep 5, 2008 | 03:22 PM
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Originally Posted by TeknoKing
^ I'm looking at your Avatar... I'm puzzled.

Get NBP, a very sexy color for a TL-S, and it makes the car look very aggressive....

Puzzled Why??
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Old Sep 5, 2008 | 03:38 PM
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Originally Posted by CarrieLynn
Yeah I'd go with the WDP, I hate the SSM, I don't know why I just dont like the way it looks
Umm, your avatar?
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Old Sep 5, 2008 | 03:42 PM
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Originally Posted by TeknoKing
Umm, your avatar?
yeah, that is my car, it is AM, not SSM...
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Old Sep 5, 2008 | 04:36 PM
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I'd keep the RL unless your bank is full of $$$$$$$$$$$$

Your reasons aren't enough to take that big a loss... if you think about it, you've spent 8,000 in taxes... way to help the government.'


Oh HEY!!! 500 posts.
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Old Sep 5, 2008 | 06:05 PM
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Just got an '08 Nighthawk Black, my first black car. I was leery because of the challenge of keeping it look good, but it looks sweet. We'll see.
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Old Sep 5, 2008 | 06:44 PM
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Originally Posted by CarrieLynn
yeah, that is my car, it is AM, not SSM...
I was trying to figure out why TeknoKing is puzzled also

To the OP: If I went out and got a TL today (which is not gonna happen ) I would go with WDP
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Old Sep 5, 2008 | 06:49 PM
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Originally Posted by maharajamd
i drive a nbp, love it to death. But if i had another chance i'd go wdp.
+1
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Old Sep 5, 2008 | 10:22 PM
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I miss the TL ..........being on this website is not making it much easier. Should I say farewell acurazine?

Also it is a hit, but damn man to mod this RL my bank account is.......
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Old Sep 5, 2008 | 10:35 PM
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Originally Posted by Blazing GT
Well several reasons im leaving the RL
1. I just dont feel it while driving.
2. Not eye candy like the TL
3.def. the color
4. The TL just rocks....i mean im 19 so lol
5. Gas
6. To mod this RL right is going to be expensive as hell!!!!
you should have never left TL in the first place, now you're coming back to the right place. like you said, you're only 19 man....what were you thinking driving a RL~
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Old Sep 5, 2008 | 10:42 PM
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i love my NBP, but i would get WDP and put the black top like someone else on this forum did.
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Old Sep 5, 2008 | 10:45 PM
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Why don't you do little mods? Well... not necessarily little, but do a little suspension MOD so it drives 'like' a TL. You SHOULD be feeling better driving the RL since its top of the line Acura. Try getting used to it, I was reading on the RL forums, and some guy said all the little things made him regret buying an RL, but he eventually got used to it. Give it a few months.
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Old Sep 5, 2008 | 11:03 PM
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I know it wasn't one of the choices, but... KBP FTMFW!!
I see Silver(SSM) cars all day on the street so NO. NBP is too much of a hassle to keep clean and you can only get KBP if you get a TL-S...So for a lack of options go wit da WDP.

KBP FTW!!!
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Old Sep 5, 2008 | 11:32 PM
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NBP....just dont get tempted to throw random chrome bits all over it
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Old Sep 6, 2008 | 08:39 AM
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WDP Power all day
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Old Sep 6, 2008 | 08:41 AM
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Nbp ftw!!!!!
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Old Sep 6, 2008 | 08:53 AM
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Originally Posted by Blazing GT
Well several reasons im leaving the RL

2. Not eye candy like the TL
Are you sure about that?
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Old Sep 6, 2008 | 09:06 AM
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^^ Dont beat me up
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Old Sep 6, 2008 | 09:52 AM
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Why settle for another base TL, TypeS KBP FTW!! Some much easier to maintain, hides the dirt well and looks I get compliments almost everyday.
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Old Sep 6, 2008 | 10:54 AM
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^ if i were rich as you, I would get a TL-S KBP
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Old Sep 6, 2008 | 11:45 AM
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Nothing better looking than a WDP/Ebony except a NBP/Ebony TL. If you can deal with the upkeep of a black car there is no better choice. We have 2 NBP's in the family and when it comes time to purchase my s2000 it may be black as well.
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