I currently have a 2004 TL with Exhaust Intake and Throttle Body spacer it is an automatic and I really like the car, but I have had it 6 years and its got 130ish thousand miles. Well I have been looking at cars and keep coming back to the 2012 Acura TL, and also the Ford Taurus SHO.
If I bought a TL I think I would buy it slightly used just cause I am not big on buying a new car, but I think I would buy the SHO new because I get A-Plan and my brother in law works at Ford.

So my question has anyone had any experience coming from a 3G TL to a 4G TL how does it compare my local Acura dealer is over an hour away and I plan on going to test drive one soon, but just figured I would get some opinions. Also has anyone had any experience with that SHO? That is really the two cars I am looking at now.

 

If you are on the a plan and can get the sho for a song, go for it. To me it's a no brainer.

 

Got all my Fords on the A plan...would get the SHO

 

You should drive them both. The cars have very different feels to them.

In my opinion, even if you can get a car for a great price, if you end up not liking it you paid too much.

 

My biggest problem with the SHO is that it is so big you can put most other cars in it's trunk. You damn near need a step ladder to wash the top....of the trunk!

And I'm not biased. I had a '97 Taurus that I bought new back then, and a 2003 SHO.

 

In my humble opinion about all you can compare between the 2 is AWD and raw power. Drive them both to figure out which suits you best, and come back to tell us all about your new TL

 

LMAO...Nothing like an unbiased advice Don't worry, I would rather drive an Acura than a Ford myself but we have have different reasons for driving the vehicles we do.

 

Test drive both, and then tell us how the two compare.

 

Or buy a CPO FWD tech TL, save a bunch of dough and realize the AWD isn't worth the stiff suspension and the MPG hit when you don't ever use it except for on/off ramps...

Absolute power in an auto is misleading, driving the car will give you a feel for how well its powered... Barring the C300, and the IS250 I didn't find really anything on the market i tested being underpowered as a commuter...