What Has Your TL Been Mistaken For?
03-30-2005, 08:22 PM
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What Has Your TL Been Mistaken For?
Hello,
I was in the parking lot today and a man asked how I liked my BMW?? I didn't now what to say. Do people often confuse your Tl?
I was in the parking lot today and a man asked how I liked my BMW?? I didn't now what to say. Do people often confuse your Tl?
03-30-2005, 09:07 PM
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AZ O.G NoOldManVetteOwner
"Is that your BMW?"
03-30-2005, 09:20 PM
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Originally Posted by Repecat
One of my neighbors thought it was a Buick. Interestingly, Buicks are the car of choice in my neighborhood.
03-30-2005, 10:03 PM
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Originally Posted by AdamNJ
That's funny. Maybe they just assume that everyone has a car, most of them are buicks, you must have a buick. Idiot logic.
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03-30-2005, 10:28 PM
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Most people I've run into just ask, "what kind of car is that?" They don't really seem to have a clue. Of course, I live off the beaten path in a little logging town in Western Washington. Not many new TLs in town, as a matter of fact I think there is only one more in town and I think it may be an 04 in that gold color. Have seen it at the local YMCA.
03-30-2005, 11:01 PM
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Originally Posted by crazymjb
Jeez, people could get up off there lazy asses and look at the Acura logo in the front before embarassing themselves.
03-30-2005, 11:05 PM
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look at the back. The A could also not stand for: BMW, Buic, Mazda, etc. C'mon, how dumb can people be. At least ask what type of car it is before mistaking an A for a Propeller(BMW) or an M.
03-30-2005, 11:46 PM
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This person in the parking lot said to me. Man! nice car, I wish I could afford a TSX. I guess the mistake is understandable since the front looks the same.
03-31-2005, 12:27 AM
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Originally Posted by Ron A
And what if you have the license plate holder on there?
I wouldn't be thinking it was anything but an Acura, but people are really that fucken clueless, when I had my Teg back in 95, some old ass thought it was a Ferrari, I guess because it was low and loud.
03-31-2005, 07:01 AM
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I wish i would have counted how many times my TL has been called a TSX. It would be near 100.
The other half simply dont know what it is.
The other half simply dont know what it is.
03-31-2005, 07:51 AM
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a honda?
Lot's of people have absolutely no clue what the tl is. Most ask if it's a new kind of honda. But I'm 150 miles away from an acura dealer, so people dont' often see them.
03-31-2005, 07:57 AM
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Originally Posted by AdamNJ
How about the classic "overpriced accord". Although thats what my car has been called and not recognized for...
03-31-2005, 08:52 AM
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Originally Posted by KenHuffman
In a KFC parking lot, my six-year-old daughter commented that my RRP TL looked exactly like the car parked next to it. Unfortunately it was a olive drab one of these. 
As for me, most people know it's a TL. Of course, that doesn't mean they're smart...I had a guy come up to me the other week and go on and on about how he liked the new TL, blah, blah, blah...and then he says "...with those lines, it looks like a BMW." Ignorant bastard.
03-31-2005, 09:16 AM
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The best is when you see people purposely slowing down in traffic to get a look at the back end of the car (to read the model information). I enjoy that, especially since my car is debadged, they just speed up and try to look at the front after that.....I usually give em a taste of VTEC about that point!! 
03-31-2005, 07:48 PM
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Some people are just too funny. In my Pontiac GTP, I had a guy come up to me, and said, "I really like your Gih Tup" 
I was like, "gih tup?" And he said, "Yeah, your pontiac gih tup", as he pointed to the GTP badge on my doors. I guess he was pronouncing GTP....
I wonder what he would've called our TL
I was like, "gih tup?" And he said, "Yeah, your pontiac gih tup", as he pointed to the GTP badge on my doors. I guess he was pronouncing GTP....I wonder what he would've called our TL
03-31-2005, 08:58 PM
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Originally Posted by avs007
Some people are just too funny. In my Pontiac GTP, I had a guy come up to me, and said, "I really like your Gih Tup" I was like, "gih tup?" And he said, "Yeah, your pontiac gih tup", as he pointed to the GTP badge on my doors. I guess he was pronouncing GTP....
I wonder what he would've called our TL
I was like, "gih tup?" And he said, "Yeah, your pontiac gih tup", as he pointed to the GTP badge on my doors. I guess he was pronouncing GTP....I wonder what he would've called our TL
03-31-2005, 09:05 PM
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Originally Posted by AdamNJ
How about the classic "overpriced accord". Although thats what my car has been called and not recognized for...
03-31-2005, 09:10 PM
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Bimmer, Dood!
First of all, my black TL is always highly polished with Zaino. I don't leave the garage without it. So... it draws a lot of attention.
Most often, people compare it with a BMW but then, after walking around it in a parking lot, whistling, they smile and tell me it looks better than a BMW.
But BMW is the marque that pops into their mouth most often- even if they are not confused.
Most often, people compare it with a BMW but then, after walking around it in a parking lot, whistling, they smile and tell me it looks better than a BMW.
But BMW is the marque that pops into their mouth most often- even if they are not confused.
03-31-2005, 10:54 PM
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I've seen a couple of TLs that were barely recognizable, but they had conversions from other cars, such as skyline and gs300 rear light conversions.. otherwise, the TL is as common as a Civic here in Los Angeles..
04-01-2005, 08:27 AM
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Originally Posted by cornelius
I've seen a couple of TLs that were barely recognizable, but they had conversions from other cars, such as skyline and gs300 rear light conversions.. otherwise, the TL is as common as a Civic here in Los Angeles..
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04-01-2005, 05:57 PM
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Just waiting for my TL to be confused as a BMW
If I ever get into that situation, I will simply answer "Yes it is a BMW but that idiot dealer forgot to take off the Acura nameplate and put on BMW's!". 