Ran into an old SLX for sale. I wish we had that forum added to the top.

 

NO we should not have a forum for that vehicle. In fact hell no. I think your trollin us btw.

 

lawl.

 

I've only seen one, ever.

 

The Acura dealer sends 'em away. Shows you how well received that truck has been.

 

and all it is is a isuzu trooper, nothing really special about it

 

Did the SLX legitimately have anything the Trooper didn't aside from badges?

I wonder the same about the Honda Passport, but people actually bought those for some odd reason.

 

i don't think it really did other then the badges and very minor changes for for styling

 

Different keys and remotes....

 

I had to literally Google "Acura SLX"

 

Just a bad rebadge.

 

Ewww. Why dredge up another of Acura's past mistakes?

As much as the 2009-2011 TL was a stinker, I'd buy that over an SLX 365 days a year.

 

My dad had 2 isuzu troopers - they were decent for what they were - workhorses.

The slx was a simple rebadge - it was basically a fully loaded trooper.

 

About as pointless as the Isuzu Oasis

 

or the VehiCROSS

 

not the most comfortable vehicles, but what would you expect from a commercial vehicle manufacture....

 

+1 a old neighbor also had two Troopers, he moved for a few years to AZ and used to go four wheeling in the national parks down there. He and his son were were amazed how well the Trooper did on some pretty rough and remote trails there.

And the SLX, yeah that and the Passport were awful Acura/Honda's rebadging. Truly a bastardized response to the US dealers urgent request for SUV's

 

 

cmon guys, the trooper was a great suv for its day! i knew a good amount of ppl with them. heck, i knew one suregeon that kept three loaded troopers in the stable, and constantly upgraded to the new version every time. it was kind of a more reliable land rover for its day. power everything, leather, 10 disk, swinging tailgate, electronic foldable mirrors, off-roading settings, and a trunk that could fit a baby elephant.

i dont know why ppl bash on them so much. the SLX was even better because it was more luxurious - it just didnt fit the acura lineup and got a bad reputation as an unsuccessful rebadge.

 

What about leap years

 

Interesting. I think I may pick up an old Trooper as a winter beater now haha.

 

^^ the ones youll find on the open market are probably night and day from the loaded ones. an optionless subaru basically has the interior of a tour bus. try and find a limited if you can.











All interior shots: http://autos.aol.com/cars-Isuzu-Troo...port%20Utility
All exterior shots: http://autos.aol.com/cars-Isuzu-Troo...dr_4x4/photos/

 

first of all people are not bashing on the trooper itself, but more so of the rebadged SLX

and as far as not fitting into acura's lineup, basically it was TOO TRUCK LIKE, compared to there other offerings

 

The SLX/Trooper may have had various shortcomings - personally I haven't ever even sat in one - but I think what really sent them both six feet under was the damning rollover tests done during the time.

 

It had RWD guys, it was superior to all other Acuras with the obvious exception of the NSX.

 

Who doesn't love a rebadged version of the worst version of the Odyssey? :wink:

No love in here for the Honda Passport?

 

You mean the other rebadged Isuzu?

 

I sold a used one once.

 

The top of the line model was actually nice but definitely not a Honda.

 

Drove a trooper for 19 hours to Florida. I was far from impressed.

Its brakes were cooked when going up and down the mountains through Tennessee. I was scared for my life.

 

Not as bad as me. I clicked the thread thinking it was a new Acura model...

 

Next time learn to downshift and stop riding the brakes

 

the brakes are not that horrible on troopers, when using proper driving technique

 

It was an auto!

I had no choice but to be on the brakes, car was so heavy that it would fly down the hills. Felt top heavy as well. weeeeeeee.

 

Didn't these have some rollover issues?

 

Next time simply push the O/D button near the gear shift....they all had 'em.
Otherwise know as push of the button downshift. :wink:

 

You must have this confused with Samurai's and Explorer's

 

or shift it down to position "2" if it was pushing that much going down the mountains

there still slightly top heavy, just like any SUV out there, but nowhere close to the Exploders though

 

meh...he's from Chicago....they don't know what mountain roads are.

 

Didn't all SUVs from that error have rollover issues? It sure seems like it.

Also, Honda / Acura was late to the SUV game (imagine that) and had to quickly find some vehicles that met their quality standards to add to their lineup. Ala, Passport and SLX.