Trip from MA to KY planned...
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Trip from MA to KY planned...
Any advice from those who have taken the TL across part of the country? I plan to get the car inspected (it's been 1 year since I've had my 04 TL!), get the routine maintenance done, and get new tires all within the next two months...
I may just document everything in photos too...just for fun
The TL is for touring luxury, right? I intend to find out for sure how it does
I may just document everything in photos too...just for fun
The TL is for touring luxury, right? I intend to find out for sure how it does
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thegabrielles just returned from a 4700 mile trip. you could pm him/her about it.
the longest i've done was detroit to chicago (500 round trip), and i can say it's a nice highway cruiser. i hope you still have XM...
getting the car checked out is a good idea. as is getting new tires. just make sure to do a visual inspection every now and then while on the trip... especially the tires.
the longest i've done was detroit to chicago (500 round trip), and i can say it's a nice highway cruiser. i hope you still have XM...
getting the car checked out is a good idea. as is getting new tires. just make sure to do a visual inspection every now and then while on the trip... especially the tires.
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If you have the 6MT, you'll find that the car loves the highway. Put the MID on the first trip computer screen and watch the MPG soar!
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I did a 900+ miles trip (NJ to GA) when I had first gotten the car! LOL I just couldn't believe how smooth the car was on highways. It was great! Too bad I couldn't punch it as much as I'd like to since I was still in my break-in period.
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If your trip allows, find a piece of road that’s not highway; a nice two lane through some interesting towns. You’ll love the feel of the car in the twisty’s and the looks you’ll get from the locals!
Re-set the trip computer and give a full report when your home.
Safe Driving!
Re-set the trip computer and give a full report when your home.
Safe Driving!
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Originally Posted by JRC3904
If your trip allows, find a piece of road that’s not highway; a nice two lane through some interesting towns. You’ll love the feel of the car in the twisty’s and the looks you’ll get from the locals!
Re-set the trip computer and give a full report when your home.
Safe Driving!
Re-set the trip computer and give a full report when your home.
Safe Driving!
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I don't have MT Maybe next TL will be...we'll see!! I'm still learning in my "spare time"....
I have done the trip many MANY times before...last year was done in a friend's Chevy Malibu....THIS year is the first with the TL...and it will be the FIRST time I travel in style
Thanks for the suggestions though! Keep 'em coming... I still have a month and a half before I go
I have done the trip many MANY times before...last year was done in a friend's Chevy Malibu....THIS year is the first with the TL...and it will be the FIRST time I travel in style
Thanks for the suggestions though! Keep 'em coming... I still have a month and a half before I go
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Originally Posted by AutoGirl
Any advice from those who have taken the TL across part of the country? I plan to get the car inspected (it's been 1 year since I've had my 04 TL!), get the routine maintenance done, and get new tires all within the next two months...
I may just document everything in photos too...just for fun
The TL is for touring luxury, right? I intend to find out for sure how it does
I may just document everything in photos too...just for fun
The TL is for touring luxury, right? I intend to find out for sure how it does
I drove my 04' TL A-Spec from Dallas to Burlington, MA and back to Dallas and could not have been more comfortable. The XM helped so that I did not get too bored w/ the music and the GPS only had (1) flaw when I was in NYC. I am currently in Burlington now on business and leasing a 05' Ford Mustang. Not too bad, but definitely NOT an Acura TL. Enjoy your journey!
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Originally Posted by AutoGirl
Any advice from those who have taken the TL across part of the country?
Buy a clear bra so the rocks are less likely to ding your ride during the trip. Rocks at high speed + your car coming up to high speed rock at high speed + weak Acura paint=paint chips.
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Originally Posted by neuronbob
Buy a clear bra so the rocks are less likely to ding your ride during the trip. Rocks at high speed + your car coming up to high speed rock at high speed + weak Acura paint=paint chips.
Thanks for all the tips so far!!!!
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Originally Posted by pilozm
For July 4th, I am planning a drive from NYC to the White Mountains in NH. There will be lots of scenic twisties near Mount Washington/Franconia. Let me see, should I drive up Mount Washington in a 2005 TL or take the locomotive up the steep mountain....?
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There may be a law about driving Mount Washington in an automatic transmission car?
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Originally Posted by 1995hoo
Unless it's changed, there is no law against it. On a family vacation when I was in high school we took an automatic Volvo 740 GLE to the top of Mt. Washington. Great drive, BTW, and the whole area is worth the trip. Too bad the Old Man of the Mountain is gone.
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Originally Posted by AutoGirl
Any advice from those who have taken the TL across part of the country? I plan to get the car inspected (it's been 1 year since I've had my 04 TL!), get the routine maintenance done, and get new tires all within the next two months...
I may just document everything in photos too...just for fun
The TL is for touring luxury, right? I intend to find out for sure how it does
I may just document everything in photos too...just for fun
The TL is for touring luxury, right? I intend to find out for sure how it does
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Leaving this weekend - any last minute advice? She gets one last cleaning before we go and a full tank of gas too...
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Well I made it down in one piece The car too... Would have made it here sooner if I didn't get backed up in CT (big bus fire on I-84).
It was a wonderful trip down here and I have to say I have never made the trip down here without getting a neck or backache...until today..! The XM and Navi performed beautifully as well...
Will post some pics and updates later
It was a wonderful trip down here and I have to say I have never made the trip down here without getting a neck or backache...until today..! The XM and Navi performed beautifully as well...
Will post some pics and updates later
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I-84 is always a joy...I got to drive from exit 7 all the way to 63 to get from home to school. Waterbury and Hartford are tons of fun! I read about that bus fire in the paper this morning... I used to drive a bus for my job in college - it's amazing (and very good) that no one got hurt. It wasn't even in the direction you were heading and you got tied up...gotta love rubbernecking. At least you weren't headed west-bound, they had it down to 1 lane for 4 hours.
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Originally Posted by UCONNTL
I-84 is always a joy...I got to drive from exit 7 all the way to 63 to get from home to school. Waterbury and Hartford are tons of fun! I read about that bus fire in the paper this morning... I used to drive a bus for my job in college - it's amazing (and very good) that no one got hurt. It wasn't even in the direction you were heading and you got tied up...gotta love rubbernecking. At least you weren't headed west-bound, they had it down to 1 lane for 4 hours.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...n/DSCN4552.jpg
(pic of some of the traffic behind me...)
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...n/DSCN4584.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...n/DSCN4583.jpg
(after arriving - bug splattered car...!)
tomorrow we're going to visit a friend near-by..and maybe get her a wash and wax :-D
will get more pics soon...I have no software here to shrink them....
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yeah I was heading westbound :-P I was stuck there for 2 and a half hours..!
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Originally Posted by neuronbob
...Buy a clear bra so the rocks are less likely to ding your ride during the trip. Rocks at high speed + your car coming up to high speed rock at high speed + weak Acura paint=paint chips.
However, I regret not to have the clear-bra installed. (Although I got the full mask, it's the pain of neck to put/remove it in the rainy days.)
Enjoy the trip!!
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Originally Posted by AutoGirl
Any advice from those who have taken the TL across part of the country? I plan to get the car inspected (it's been 1 year since I've had my 04 TL!), get the routine maintenance done, and get new tires all within the next two months...
I may just document everything in photos too...just for fun
The TL is for touring luxury, right? I intend to find out for sure how it does
I may just document everything in photos too...just for fun
The TL is for touring luxury, right? I intend to find out for sure how it does
Get a bra..... for the car that is. thats a pretty long trip. I'm sure you will run into a lot of trucks kicking up gravel and what not.
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