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Old 05-15-2011, 07:25 AM
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Pics are not the best. I will take some more later but they are calling for rain the next couple days.







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One of the mods want to change the title for me to:

"My Infiniti Needed Fixing....so....."

Or something to that effect.
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Old 05-15-2011, 07:32 AM
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^^^^^^
Nice choice and color! I'll do the honors of the title change. Welcome back to the Acura fam.
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Nice choice and color! I'll do the honors of the title change. Welcome back to the Acura fam.
Thanks Bob.

I loved the color.

Overall the car is in good shape. Drive took good care of it. The interior was clean. Exterior was clean. One minor dent on the front fender but you hardly notice it and a 1/8 inch chip in the paint near the trunk. I will get the dent taken care off. I couldn't get them to do that.

Car has a slight bit more miles on it that I would have liked but it is Certified and was almost the same price out the door as the 05 TL with a 3rd party warranty. The 3rd party warranty scared me a bit.

On the drive home I got 30 mpg based on calculated numbers not the trip computer. That's about 6.5 better than the I was giving me in the last couple months.
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Old 05-15-2011, 07:51 AM
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Congrats Ravi, beautiful car.
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Nice! You'll enjoy it. Congrats!
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Old 05-15-2011, 09:38 AM
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Congrats Ravi, beautiful car.
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Nice! You'll enjoy it. Congrats!
Thanks.

Before anyone asks....Not likely there will be mods on this car.
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Old 05-15-2011, 09:52 AM
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Congrats! CBP is a great looking color.

Now you need to update that signature
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yea the tl is a badass car
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Old 05-15-2011, 10:34 AM
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very nice ... congratz on the new car
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Old 05-15-2011, 10:44 AM
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Congrats. Life is short, might as well make the best of it.
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Originally Posted by RaviNJCLs
Thanks.

Before anyone asks....Not likely there will be mods on this car.
We'll talk in another year or two...there's no way to be on AZ and NOT eventually mod

PS...congrats...Carbon Bronze? That's my favorite color. AND mostly in a time of paying four and a quarter per gal...that you just upped your mpg by 6. Very nice. The TL is truly a jack of all trades.
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Old 05-15-2011, 11:03 AM
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Congrats! Looks great!







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Beauty! You'll be glad you got the 07 over the 05, there were quite a few upgrades and changes made. Love the color.
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Originally Posted by RaviNJCLs
One of the mods want to change the title for me to:

"My Infiniti Needed Fixing....so....."
What morans convinced you to buy some POS Acura??

Conrats; we'll be waiting for you to post over in the 3G TL section!
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looks awesome ravi!!!


i think your front tire is backwards tho....?
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Nice pick up Ravi! Didn't want navi?
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Way to go, man! The TL is awesome.

What did you end up doing with the Infiniti?
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Old 05-15-2011, 12:39 PM
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great color combo!
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Originally Posted by Will Y.
What morans convinced you to buy some POS Acura??

Conrats; we'll be waiting for you to post over in the 3G TL section!


It looks great!
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Old 05-15-2011, 01:22 PM
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Sweet! I remember when you got rid of the CL-S to make room for the kid. Welcome back!
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that guy flipped his tires on yo ass.
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Originally Posted by 05TLdcc
looks awesome ravi!!!


i think your front tire is backwards tho....?
Originally Posted by phee
front tire is backwards
Good catch. That wheel was bent and I told them to swap it with another car. Looks like I won't be taking it to that dealer for service. I'll have to run out and get that swapped.
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Originally Posted by Hapa DC5
Nice pick up Ravi! Didn't want navi?
I did. But I didn't want to pay $4000 more for the ones with Navi or buy the 05 with a 3rd party warranty. Navi was not a deal breaker because I'm used to the Garmin or my cell phone.
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Originally Posted by Sclass88
Way to go, man! The TL is awesome.

What did you end up doing with the Infiniti?
Traded it in. I like the idea of a 3rd car because I would actually use it to commute every now and then and to drive to and from soccer. Keep the mud out of the car. But after really thinking about it, it was not a good idea to keep the Infiniti. You guys helped with that decision.

I will miss the heated steering wheel. Best option EVER.
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Sweet! I remember when you got rid of the CL-S to make room for the kid. Welcome back!
Thanks. That Infiniti was worth every penny.
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Beauty! You'll be glad you got the 07 over the 05, there were quite a few upgrades and changes made. Love the color.
It's an 08.
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Originally Posted by rockstar143
We'll talk in another year or two...there's no way to be on AZ and NOT eventually mod

PS...congrats...Carbon Bronze? That's my favorite color. AND mostly in a time of paying four and a quarter per gal...that you just upped your mpg by 6. Very nice. The TL is truly a jack of all trades.
I had my Infiniti for almost 5 years and never modded a thing.
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Wow!

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Tire flipped.

They had the driver's side rear wrong too. Incompetent bastard(s)....myself included.
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Congrats!!
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Wow!

Congrats!
Thanks.
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It looks great!
I'll swing by one day when I am working from home or flying out of town. You can give it a look over.
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I'm a little late to the party, but congrats!

FWIW, I'm a shy over 160k on my '04 TSX and other than the AC compressor gernading (which was covered by my extended warranty thankfully!) it's been problem free.

Hearing that people out there get 30 MPG in the TL makes me ponder things...
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I'm a little late to the party, but congrats!

FWIW, I'm a shy over 160k on my '04 TSX and other than the AC compressor gernading (which was covered by my extended warranty thankfully!) it's been problem free.

Hearing that people out there get 30 MPG in the TL makes me ponder things...


I average 32MPG on my 300 mile drive to Michigan once a month. Quite nice.
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Congrats, I'm in the same boat myself. My 01 is getting up in miles and have been looking at TL's, TSX's, G37x's, etc...

How much did you pay if you dont mind me asking? Maybe I missed it
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