New York must love the Acura TL
06-18-2006, 10:33 AM
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New York must love the Acura TL
Well I just returned about an hour ago from my road trip to Farmingdale, NY on Long Island for my first mod 
My rear calipers are now painted a nice glossy black and come very very close to matching fronts exactly...Bruce at ReconditionUSA did a great job as always.
But I digress from the title of this thread. While driving in NY and on Long Island I noticed a lot more TL's on the road than I do when I am at home in northern Connecticut. It seems that New Yorkers must have great taste in cars even if they have bad taste in baseball teams....re: The Yankees.....lol. And the TL's I saw on the road all looked nice as well, it seems that New Yorkers are a little more meticulous about keeping their TL's looking good than most people in Connecticut. Maybe we can't afford to wash and detail our cars as much due to our enormous tax burden...lol. However, I am a Connecticut exception....I keep my TL looking good almost all the time.
So here's to New Yorkers and their taste in cars
My rear calipers are now painted a nice glossy black and come very very close to matching fronts exactly...Bruce at ReconditionUSA did a great job as always.But I digress from the title of this thread. While driving in NY and on Long Island I noticed a lot more TL's on the road than I do when I am at home in northern Connecticut. It seems that New Yorkers must have great taste in cars even if they have bad taste in baseball teams....re: The Yankees.....lol. And the TL's I saw on the road all looked nice as well, it seems that New Yorkers are a little more meticulous about keeping their TL's looking good than most people in Connecticut. Maybe we can't afford to wash and detail our cars as much due to our enormous tax burden...lol. However, I am a Connecticut exception....I keep my TL looking good almost all the time.
So here's to New Yorkers and their taste in cars
06-18-2006, 10:48 AM
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Two other people where i work just bought TLs - one is identical to mine! (but they didn't put in LED lights, though) That now makes 5 other TLs! Once I lose my Texas plates, it'll look like all of the others!
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06-18-2006, 01:41 PM
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ok so where I work, in suffolk county, eastern Long Island (about 20 miles east of farmingdale) there are 1200 people in my building (The corp hq's of where I work) and only 3 TL's out of about 1000+ cars... on a daily basis
06-18-2006, 02:53 PM
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Originally Posted by Adamo0926
.... And the TL's I saw on the road all looked nice as well, it seems that New Yorkers are a little more meticulous about keeping their TL's looking good than most people in Connecticut. Maybe we can't afford to wash and detail our cars as much due to our enormous tax burden...lol. ....
Actually, our taxes in NY are higher, thats why alot of my coworkers moved from NY to CT
PS-red sox suck
06-18-2006, 07:01 PM
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Originally Posted by TailsToo
Two other people where i work just bought TLs - one is identical to mine! (but they didn't put in LED lights, though) That now makes 5 other TLs! Once I lose my Texas plates, it'll look like all of the others!
06-19-2006, 07:45 AM
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Originally Posted by mojo risin
I went to the US Open (Golf) on Wednesday. Traveled from Ohio and I saw a ton more TL's in the NY area than I do in Ohio.
06-19-2006, 08:25 AM
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Originally Posted by gauravp123
jersey sucks and its dirty
no wonder why its called dirty jerz
no wonder why its called dirty jerz
06-19-2006, 09:37 AM
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Originally Posted by K-Shawn
LI is just as dirty as Jerzey, no call for that BS. Leave that internet sarcasim in LI.
what guarvp123 said was not sarcastic at all...
And there are alot of TL's around LI ... especially in Nassau. Mabey its becuase there are 3 (if im not mistaken) dealerships in a 30 mile radius.
The place i have seen the most Tl's is in long beach/oceanside. Oh man if you park on Long beach road for 10 mins, you will see another Tl every 10-15 seconds. Mostly driven by older folks though.
06-19-2006, 09:41 AM
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Originally Posted by rrickh1
Mostly driven by older folks though.
06-19-2006, 10:12 AM
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Originally Posted by CL Platano
You should come to Jersey, they are everywhere . All generations of the TL
The number of TLs on central NJ roads seems to outnumber the Accord (exc. Edison area).
06-19-2006, 01:47 PM
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first, you should be banned for that yankees comment 
love to see connecticuts team
jersey is awesome (at least central/north area)
south jersey scares me
on average a person here sees approx. 20+ TLs a day (all gens)
and most are modded
also, got any pics of the calipers?
love to see connecticuts team
jersey is awesome (at least central/north area)
south jersey scares me
on average a person here sees approx. 20+ TLs a day (all gens)
and most are modded
also, got any pics of the calipers?
06-19-2006, 01:53 PM
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Originally Posted by TacoBellSauce
also, got any pics of the calipers?
By the way......nice couple of choke jobs by the Yankees against the powerful Washington Nationals....
lol
06-19-2006, 02:31 PM
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Originally Posted by Jrock04TSX
Don't all TL owners get bored of seing their cars on the road?
I have no delusion that any car <$50k is particularly exclusive but after thinking more about this topic, the Camry V6 and 3.5L Altimas are rarer than the TL around here.
06-19-2006, 02:51 PM
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The irony...
And here I thought that Pennsylvania had at least 50% of the TL sales! LOL.
Seriously though...I thought about this issue during this past weekend, just about PA, instead of NY.
We went to The Home Depot and as usual with anywhere we go...we park at the back of the lot to avoid ignorants who want to bang up your car....anyway... We come out and there is a NBP TL parked right beside us. So of course we check it out, see if it has navi, yada, yada (figuring that the folks who parked the TL were doing the same with ours). We leave and yet pass a WDP TL on its way in. This occurs within a 5 minute period. That's just an example....
The TL's must be migrating....
Seriously though...I thought about this issue during this past weekend, just about PA, instead of NY.
We went to The Home Depot and as usual with anywhere we go...we park at the back of the lot to avoid ignorants who want to bang up your car....anyway... We come out and there is a NBP TL parked right beside us. So of course we check it out, see if it has navi, yada, yada (figuring that the folks who parked the TL were doing the same with ours). We leave and yet pass a WDP TL on its way in. This occurs within a 5 minute period. That's just an example....
The TL's must be migrating....
06-19-2006, 03:56 PM
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how about them Hartford Whalers? playing in Game 7 of the Stanley Cup finals tonight. OPPS!! sorry, I forgot. Carolina Hurricanes are playing tonight. Hartford doesnt have a professional hockey team anymore.
let me try again. how about the Hartford Wolfpacks of the AHL?
let me try again. how about the Hartford Wolfpacks of the AHL?
06-19-2006, 05:07 PM
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Originally Posted by aw1
how about them Hartford Whalers? playing in Game 7 of the Stanley Cup finals tonight. OPPS!! sorry, I forgot. Carolina Hurricanes are playing tonight. Hartford doesnt have a professional hockey team anymore.
let me try again. how about the Hartford Wolfpacks of the AHL?
let me try again. how about the Hartford Wolfpacks of the AHL?
And the Yankees are now stuck with "the curse of A-Rod" to boot. Each team that let him go got better, each team that got him got worse.
06-19-2006, 08:05 PM
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Originally Posted by Adamo0926
Ahhhhh your Hartford bashing won't work on me since I am originally from Massachusetts and have followed Boston teams my entire life. As a matter of fact, no NY professional team has won a championship since the turn of the new Millenium....I have dubbed this "NY's curse of the new millenium".
And the Yankees are now stuck with "the curse of A-Rod" to boot. Each team that let him go got better, each team that got him got worse.
And the Yankees are now stuck with "the curse of A-Rod" to boot. Each team that let him go got better, each team that got him got worse.
thats a good one... curse of the millenium
as for a-rod, cant argue there... but im a ny fan... root for all the teams...
guess you can die in piece like me when the ny rangers won in 94.
06-19-2006, 11:09 PM
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Originally Posted by Jrock04TSX
You all should get a TSX....you don't see those around too much.
Don't all TL owners get bored of seing their cars on the road?
Don't all TL owners get bored of seing their cars on the road?
06-20-2006, 12:48 AM
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Nassau County. You come to the Five towns are and take a ride down Central Ave. Guarenteed to see at least 7-15 TL's. Keep in mind this stretch of road is only 2 miles at most.
06-20-2006, 02:16 PM
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Originally Posted by CL Platano
Doesn't matter we have tons of those too. Jerz loves Acura you'll see plenty of Legends still roaming the streets
When I usually see them (which is pretty often: Vigor, Legend, Integra) they're all "pimped" out w/ stop-n-go wheels (hell...I even see OLD mini-vans sporting those - LOL), a modified paint job, and a pair of dice hanging from the rearview mirror.
Many have the love for an Acura (no matter how different it may look)...
06-20-2006, 03:20 PM
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Originally Posted by CL Platano
Doesn't matter we have tons of those too. Jerz loves Acura you'll see plenty of Legends still roaming the streets
Lovin the avatar!!!
And yea ny loves their TLs...i see em all the time everyday..sometimes makes me wanna trade it in for a M3...but none the less its a great car for the value
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06-20-2006, 04:17 PM
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Originally Posted by Acuracy
Lovin the avatar!!!
And yea ny loves their TLs...i see em all the time everyday..sometimes makes me wanna trade it in for a M3...but none the less its a great car for the value
Travis
And yea ny loves their TLs...i see em all the time everyday..sometimes makes me wanna trade it in for a M3...but none the less its a great car for the value
Travis
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