Hey guys.

i just bought my 04 NBP TL 6mt last week, with 140k miles. car was in pretty good shape...until this morning








then, this morning, i slid into the gas pump at a local station. F***!!!!!





so sad. only had her for 2 weeks. and this is my first claim since i was 16, now 22. horrible.

also, since everyone loves pictures, this is my old car. 2002 Audi S4 6mt, Stg 3 with rs4 turbos and a custom tune.







anways, it's nice to meet you guys

 

sucks about the incident!!!!
but congrats on the new ride!


and please dont put some :ghey: colored wheels on the TL.

 

i'll make sure to get some neon pink ones!

not really. but i like colors, so i'm sure you'll be disappointed with my choosings

 

Yikes........ I'm scared

your audi looks like a blind man chose the wheels.

 

^ we get it, you don't like colored wheels. Please don't instigate here.....

OP- Welcome to the site. Sorry about your 'new' TL.

 

Ouch that sucks! Came into the gas station a little hot or was there ice on the ground??

 

welcome

 

Sorry to hear about this, but look at the bright side, you'll get a newly painted front bumper without all the chips!


You are going to need a new fender, driver side headlight, and bumper at the least. I would try to get insurance to cover the passenger side light so they both match (one new and one old won't look right). Maybe try to get an a-spec kit while your at it!

 

Congrats on the TL and welcome to AZ! You may want to register her at www.myacura.com. Save your Navi and Radio codes there for safe keeping. Sorry to hear about the accident. Did you hit some black ice?

 

a-spec kit!

 

i was actually already in the station for about 50ft. turned right off the road into it, then went to make a right into the pump area, and went right into it....at about 1-2 mph.

when i got out to see the damage, i had only dented the lower metal area (usually has the gas co. logo on it), and looking at the tracks, i had never touched pavement since entering the lot through the 2-3" (depending on the spot) of slush/ice.

awful part, is i knew to be careful and go slow, but didn't even expect a less than first gear idle crawl speed to be "too fast"

but i've already made a claim, and should have it all fixed up by next week!

 

also, i have been a member of AZ (audizine) for 2.5 years now. so i'm already pretty good at the AZ tag lol.

and, to make justin happy, this is how i had the S4 for about 2 years

 

 

Welcome!

 

haha get what ever color wheels you like. It's a EURO thing, over on vortex everyone runs colored wheels haha At least your car had the balls to back that up, stage 3 with rs4 turbos on a 6 speed is pretty sweet.

 

dang that sucks man!

i slide into the corner of my garage and snapped my bumper in half. i know your pain..

 

haha. exactly. i didn't and wouldn't run something so flashy without having some power behind it.

def miss my 410/420 awhp/tq already. and def miss quattro.

yeah it def sucks pretty good. hope you get yours all fixed up and everything

 

 

You have similar taste in cars to me. I came from a 2002 s4 6MT as well. It was norago blue with the light gray interior. I also had it upgraded to around 400hp. While I miss the power of the s4, I don't miss the constant maintenance! You will grow to appreciate the TL for how well balanced of a car it is. Sorry to see you little accident... snow is one of the main reasons I moved from Chicago to FL 4 years ago!

 

Good luck with the repairs.

Why did you get rid of the Audi? How many miles did you have?

 

damn.. Welcome OP!

 

yes, had lots of problems with my audi. and i live in chicagoland myself!
sold it with 87k miles on it. had the clutch fuse to the flywheel (2nd time it had done that) and the common 1-2 collar problem was starting to rear its ugly head.

overall, i dumped 17k into that car, between mods and repairs in 2.5 years, and just couldn't do it anymore. and i wanted to get something honda built so i would be able to enjoy a true daily driver.

 

Sweet lookin audi! Congrats and sry bout ur tl... :/

 

welcome to Acurazine

 

Small world. I had too many problems with my Audi to list! My tranny needed to be rebuilt at 73k. I hope you didn't make the mistake of getting it serviced at Schaumburg Audi like I did. That place is a scam. I'm sure you will love the TL. Go Bears!

 

Welcome to the other AZ... 400+ hp is hard to walk away from in the awd format!

But, it looks like you have a sweet base for Mods! Let the games begin!

Hate you had that happen... I remember sliding down a hill in my old mustang sideways on the ice... awful feeling...

 

i love it so far. has some issues that i'll take my time working out. never went to schaumburg, went to laurel in westmont after hearing some stories about the other one. they are some money hungry rape-er's over there!!

yes, it took me second and third drop of $3k +++ repairs to make me bail when the 4th happened. lol

won't do much modding on this car tho, maybe some muffler stuff. but other than that i'll do some coils and wheels and thats about it.

 

Sorry to hear bout the TL so early on! Audi was really tight. Welcome to AZ.

 

Welcome to AcuraZine!

Uh, right, good luck with that I'm sure you know the effect car forums like these can have on your wallet!

 

Welcome! I too just picked up my 2005 TL 6spd/Navi (I'm coming from a Santorin Blue '98.5 A4 1.8tqms). Maybe I've seen you on vortex/audizine. Anyways, sorry to hear about the damage but you did make the right choice coming to Acura/Honda

 

... I finally gave up on a '61 impala ss I was working on after I ran into a snag every single time I worked on it... The TL is a really nice platform b/c you dont have to get crazy (or broke) to make it look unique and sound very good... when I go to the meets I am always amazed at the plumbing on some of the sweet TL's

 

i'm sdoherty_tjm on audizine

and trust me gentlemen, i'll be staying stock minus a nice coil setup

 

hmm...i don't trust him.

what do you guys think? think he'll just get some coilovers?

 

I believe that he has the INTENTION of staying stock (minus the coilovers) but once you buy one thing, it's hard to stop.

 

power mods are just not the best idea. i mean, if you try and put yourself in my shoes, i had a 400whp setup on awd. and spent an asinine amount of money to have it.

no way i'm going to spend that type of coin again on a fwd setup. no offense to you guys, but it's just illogical to me.

but, i can tell this car is a great handling car, and because of that i can't wait to get a nice track-type coilover.

 

I can see where you're coming from. Once you get up there with power, you will spend more than you anticipated with tunes and supporting mods. But if you stay away from the supercharger and turbo kits, there really shouldn't be any unexpected expenses that you'll have from "minor" mods.

You may want to look into a rear sway bar too...will also help with the handling.

 

sorry to hear about that man, but welcome to another AZ!

 

VegMonster-sorry to see the accident. Welcome to here!

 

veggiemonster,

For your initiation into Acurazine, you must click here and read the the entire page. :devilgrin

 

HAHA. that's a good one.

thanks everyone though. this seems to be a pretty nice forum. the users seem far less pretentious than my b5s4 board