New to Me, and I Bet You Guys Also... Acura is Amazing! (A.K.A. How I Got Owned)
07-09-2008, 04:38 PM
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New to Me, and I Bet You Guys Also... Acura is Amazing! (A.K.A. How I Got Owned)
So my boss wants me to find him something for under $3000, since he's put over $200 in his car the past week. So I go autotrader to find him something when this caught my eye...
http://www.autotrader.com/fyc/vdp.js...3000&cardist=7
a 5 cylinder... hmm... possibly new technology? No it couldn't be... its ancient car. So I decded to call:
Sales: Thank you for calling xxxxxxx, how may I help you?
Me: Hi, yes... I'm calling to inquire on the 5-cylinder TL.
Sales: Yes, we still have it!
Me: Oh great. What can you tell me about this 5-cylinder engne? Does it get good gas mileage?
Sales: Yes sir, about the same as the 4-cylinder.
Me: Ohh really? Thats great! So is that a flat-five, inline-five, or a V5?
Sales: Its a V5, sir.
Me: (this was where I couldn't take it and I began to
) Do you know what you are talking about?
Sales:
Yes sir!
Me: Have a nice day
Did this on spaker phone with the boss, we got a couple good laughs. Just thought I'd share with you guys.
http://www.autotrader.com/fyc/vdp.js...3000&cardist=7
a 5 cylinder... hmm... possibly new technology? No it couldn't be... its ancient car. So I decded to call:
Sales: Thank you for calling xxxxxxx, how may I help you?
Me: Hi, yes... I'm calling to inquire on the 5-cylinder TL.
Sales: Yes, we still have it!
Me: Oh great. What can you tell me about this 5-cylinder engne? Does it get good gas mileage?
Sales: Yes sir, about the same as the 4-cylinder.
Me: Ohh really? Thats great! So is that a flat-five, inline-five, or a V5?
Sales: Its a V5, sir.
Me: (this was where I couldn't take it and I began to
) Do you know what you are talking about?Sales:
Yes sir!Me: Have a nice day
Did this on spaker phone with the boss, we got a couple good laughs. Just thought I'd share with you guys.
You about to get owned man.
07-09-2008, 04:58 PM
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2.5TL is a 5 cylinder same at the Acura Vigor.
They did know what they were talking about, you don't.
They did know what they were talking about, you don't.
07-09-2008, 04:59 PM
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Joke's on you.
Joke's on you.
07-09-2008, 05:01 PM
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Dumbass thread of the year nominee!!!
07-09-2008, 05:02 PM
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07-09-2008, 05:07 PM
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Fucking noobs... Yes Virginia, there is a 5 cylinder Acura TL...
Here's Travis' TL from a local meet:
count the spark plug wires
So, it isn't a v5, it's an I5...
07-09-2008, 05:08 PM
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The real question is...will have enough to balls to tell his boss he is a retard and fucked up, and the dealer was right the WHOLE time.
07-09-2008, 05:09 PM
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wait wait wait.
Someone call the dealer....find out who he spoke to....and send them this link!!!
Someone call the dealer....find out who he spoke to....and send them this link!!!
07-09-2008, 05:19 PM
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Originally Posted by 260 HP
But the salesguy is still wrong by saying it's a V5. It's an inline 5.
...and it is new to me, so perhaps the OP can save some face. 
07-09-2008, 05:22 PM
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Originally Posted by bgsm1th
...and it is new to me, so perhaps the OP can save some face. But we all know the poster thought Acura never had a 5cyl before.
07-09-2008, 05:33 PM
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Yeah its an inline 5...not sure there is such a thing as a V5.
But we all know the poster thought Acura never had a 5cyl before.
But we all know the poster thought Acura never had a 5cyl before.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/V5_engine
07-09-2008, 05:37 PM
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Originally Posted by sho_nuff1997
07-09-2008, 05:37 PM
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Originally Posted by sho_nuff1997
saab and volvo both had 5 cyl engines at one time.
07-09-2008, 05:39 PM
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Originally Posted by Sarlacc
His boss was looking for a car at 3g or less because he just spent 200 this week fixing his current beater.
Oh thought he put in over $200 worth of gas.....
07-09-2008, 05:40 PM
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Originally Posted by Crazy Acura
Oh thought he put in over $200 worth of gas.....
guess the OP fails at writing, too!
07-09-2008, 05:46 PM
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his profile says he is a service advisor for bmw 
07-09-2008, 05:50 PM
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Whats worse in my mind is that the OP would think it's funny and waste his own time to take a sales person to task for what could have been a typo and ultimately a misunderstanding. Mistaking a detail of a piece of shit used car nobody cares about is not at all uncommon.
07-09-2008, 06:12 PM
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H3 is 5 as well.
op... 