Supposedly they didnt make any changes from 07 to 08, but I'm not so sure...

Does anyone know if the TL-S changed in any way at all from 2007 to 2008?

Any knowledge or help here would be much appreciated...

I am specifically interested in any transmission changes.

thanks!

 

i believe the only thing they changed was that the 2008 has a noise canceling system and thats about it

 

Interesting... the 07 doesn't have that?

 

The 07 has the noise canceling also.

 

Nothing changed.

 

Can someone elaborate what is the noise canceling system?

 

when ur driving with ur window or windows open the system either brings the volume higher or lower and as u drive and begin to achieve a high speed rate the car brings the volume up. the 6mt system is the same they changed the bell housing on the 07 supposedly. but the power to me feels the same no differences on the 6mt. the auto im sure feels totally diff.

 

check out this video and it will explain everything... not the same product that is in the TL - S, but same technology and it explains it very well... good product too.

Jawbone Video (Noise Cancelling)

 

no changes

 

if u get a high enough vin number the 08 will not require the third gear TSB, as well as some other TSBs not exactly sure of the other ones

 

regardless id have the tsb done.....im not in the vin range that acura speaks about but my car still has the issue.

 

Sorry but what is a 3rd gear TSB? I tried searching for "TSB" and got sorry no results... but i did try before asking.

 

tech service bulletin.....3g garage and look through it all cant miss it.

 

NOTHING

 

that is not the active noise cancellation that you described, but the speed volume control is what you described...

nothing has changed 07-08 type s is the same car....

active noise cancellation is a system that uses a couple of different microphones located in the front and rear of the car to detect interior noise and then the system sends out a sound at a certain frequency that you cant hear, but it will cancel out some of the noise making the cabin quieter....

 

are you all sure? i'm not because somewhere else i read that the navi had a few differences from the 07 and the 08...and some other very small things.

just like the 2003 TL-S had perforated door leather and the 2002 TL-S did not, small things like that and i'm sure there is some things like that between 07 and 08 but i just forgot what they are

 

Duuuuuuude, THERE IS NOTHING, the nav thing is only because you'll get the new Nav disc if you buy on 08. The 07's have the older NAv disc version. You can just go and buy the new nav disc.

 

 

oooo i see... useless

 

Pretty sure it's the same 'appearance' and 'function' wise...they might of fixed some recalls, or tighten a few bolts

(but they still effen missed the rattles, lol)

 

what do you want dude....its the same car or not either way get one or dont....be happy we are....the nav disc gets an update every other year or soo, the 08 has a never disc, i seriously doubt you can find the roads they added over the 07 disc....

 

I actually live on one of the new roads!!! But yes your point is valid and I agree fully!!!!

 

Seriously, if you want to understand active noise cancellation watch the video link i posted above... its a great example of the exact same system...

 

ok wow way to flame up again ppl, relax...the OP was asking what the differences are, i'm not saying the 07 is a lesser car than the 08, i'm just trying to help him out in his question of what the differences are...come on, that's why we are on this forum, to nit pick every single detail

 

i know exactly what it is, i have the same thing on my headphones....

 

the noise cancellation in the tl-s is not for the phone, mabe it has it for the phone too but the noise cancellation on the radio uses microphones to hear the noises and instantly make a reverse sound through the speakers...an anti-noise...that reduces overall road & wind noise without you noticing.

 

that is exactly what i said in my first response....and that is the same technology used in noise cancelling headphones...

 

best damn advice in this whole thread.

 

Does the technology work even when you have the stereo? Is there still "noise" (the cancelling noise), coming out of the speakers? Has anyone compared the difference in noise levels between a TL and TLS?

 

the phone thing does not necissarily have to work that way, it could just ignore noises and not send them to the phone in the 1st place, vs the noise cancillation in the car cannot make your ears not hear the outside noise....therefore it makes and anti-noise to cancel out the noises.

 

your link doen't really explain how it works...all it shows is what it does...all he said is that it amplifies sound...that could just mean it ignores the rest of the noise that's not vioce and that is not clear...which is a completely different system than the noise cancellation in the TL-S

 

"2008

The 2008 TL features an improved new immobilizer system, a separate Tire Pressure Monitoring System warning lamp and two new body colours. The navigation system has been updated to work in Hawaii, and the AcuraLink has been expanded to incorporate 76 markets (up from 38 markets for the 2007 model)."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acura_TL#2008

 

^^^thank you for properly answering the OPs question

 

I don't trust wikipedia. I can go on their to that exact post and say a Prius will outrun a TL Type-S. Funny thing is, probably half the people that read it would believe me.

Anyways.. NO CHANGES.

 

just cuz it's possible for it to be false information doesn't mean it necessarily is does it?

that info sounds legit and is not a big deal (unless you live in hawaii), but it's there nevertheless...just bacuse u have an 07 doesn't mean there isn't a few things better on the 08.

 

^the few things better on the 08 are useless IMO

 

New and improved Immobilizer System? I don't think so, it's all the same garbage. Separate Tire Monitor? My 2007 has that also... From what I know, the colors are the same and as for Acura Link...that's because the 08 has the new Navi DVD ver...if you upgrade an 07's DVD, you'll have the same useless crap too!

 

^^statement without knowledge....the immobilizer system might be the same but you don't know that....as for the TPMS...every TL has seperate tire readings, it says seperate LAMP, read more carefully...if that's true then that means that the instrument cluster is slightly different between 07 and 08 and they are probably not interchagable.

 

are you reading my post at all...i never made any mention of a phone...noise cancelling headphones....bose...same technology.....

 

I know a major difference...

the 08 is cheaper.