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So I had owned my 2012 TSX Special Edition for just over 6.5 years and had been looking to upgrade to a TLX for about the past year. I was on the hunt specifically for a 2017 TLX SH-AWD Advance in San Marino Red (Sounds silly, but I actually prefer the styling of the 15-17 to the 18-20 models). I also really wanted the aero kit so I was also looking specifically for one that had the aero kit already installed...so this was a pretty hard car to find but I was willing to wait as long as I had to until one came along and I was willing to travel about 500 miles to get one. I finally came across one about 500+ miles away at a BMW dealer in a suburb just outside Denver. I had been keeping my eye on it for a few weeks and they kept dropping the price on it so I just knew I had to have it. I have a relative in the Denver area who looked the car over and test drove it for me and gave me the thumbs up so I immediately put my deposit down and booked a one way flight out there last weekend to drive it 500 miles home to Kansas City.
I sold my TSX this weekend and did a full paint correction on the TLX (pics below). Overall I'm very happy with the car and looking forward to reading up on this site for more information. At some point, I may decide to put 19's on it and would like to upgrade the interior lighting, but aside from that I'll probably keep it stock. While I am here, I do have a few questions:
I like to do all of my own maintenance and was wondering if there was a .pdf or a link to a service manual anywhere or a link to all of the DIY maintenance guides on this site. I'll need to do a diff fluid change here pretty soon and I'm OCD about having every bolt torqued correctly
I'm reading up on the VCM issues and wondering if it is worthwhile for me to invest in the muzzler. I don't have any vibration issues or jerky shifting that seems to be apparent in the earlier models, but I plan to keep this car for quite awhile and wondering if it is worth doing this modification just for preventative maintenance reasons (worn motor mounts, plugs fouling, oil consumption, etc.). Do you think the muzzler is a worthwhile investment in my case? My car only has 22k miles on it.
03-02-2020, 09:30 AM
