senile32nd

dilemma!

Found the dealership i want to use but not home yet from deployment and now i think i want a RL instead of a TL.

what is your opinions?

Car will mainly be driven by wife, no kids yet maybe in a couple of years.
Looking to keep the car for a long time.

KeithL

Not sure what the RL brings to the table any more,the TL is as big, a tad more powerful, handles as good or better and I find the interiror more spacious than a RL. The RL does bring exclusivity as they only sell about 150 a month. May also be hard to unload when you want to since it is not a popular car. The TL is Acura's flagship sedan. The RL will give you a few extra features if you spend for them.

senile32nd

well i think if the 12 tl shawd is for sale soon enough ill that with advanced pkg if not then a 11 with tech.

was thinking about the RL as many say its built better since i plan on keeping the car. i guess im just gonna have to test drive both to really know. suck being the ghan and not being able to just check em out in person but it does keep me from impulse shopping.

Treblig

Not to mention the considerable price difference if you're talking new.

Ruby

you seem really anxious to get one. Why not wait until the 2012 TL's come out and see if you like those. You'll be kicking yourself later when you have the older buck tooth beaver version with Tech instead of a new Advance package.

Glashub

Not necessarily true. Some like the 09-11 TL look. I dare say some may be kicking themselves in the butt if Honda screws up the intro of the 6spd AT the way they did the 5spd.

senile32nd

well i would like to wait for the 2012 TL SHAWD with advanced PKG to come out but I'm home for only 30 days and then back out here. The wife is forced to drive my truck which gets 15mpg an hour to work everyday; so when i am home i have to buy her a new car.

I used to have a CL and a TL back in the day and i have always wanted a new TL or RL and now i can get one well get my wife one. buying the wife a car is like buying your wife a bowling ball with your name on it isnt it. LOL ... AL bundy thing i guess HA!

(She is driving my truck cause i talked her into selling her Mercedes when we moved to FL. I hated that car lol.)

SeeVuPlay

I love my 2010 TL. Cant stop looking at it.

vinnier6

iTrader: (1)

is rl is more of a 50 and over car...the tl is more youth oriented...

jspagna1

My say buy a 2011 now and get a good deal to boot!

nj2pa2nc

since your wife will be the main driver let her decide what to get. I picked out my car. Hubby picked out his. (along with his motorcycles and other toys)

omgthedonny

I actually compare my 2010 vs 2012 and I like my 2010 better with stock grill ? maybe not - but painted to match the car yes.. the new TL grill seems sooooo boring.. so plain, so average, so...... adult.... blah

types1fan

Agree with you on that one. The new grill looks bland and boring and the car does not look as stealh looking and the old one. That's my opinion to each it's own.

KeithL

What makes anyone think the RL is built better. I think the 4G TL is one of the best built cars out there. Only other car I ever owned that came close was a 93 Camrly XLE (back when it was desigend as a Lexus first, then a Toyota). My 4G felt so tight and the doors were like closing yourself inside a bank vault. My M37 cost over $13K more and is not built anywhere close to as good as my 09 TL was.

jjsC5

I like the RL better as well, but there is no way to make a case for it. Compare it to a 2012 TL with advance package. The TL has everything the RL has and gets MUCH better gas mileage.

TL Tech 18

If you like the RL, and it's your first choice, then go for it. I've always been fond of all the Acura models. The RL is the top of the line for luxury ... but I prefer not to spend that much cash for a ride ... so I went with the TL Tech Pkg. with 18" wheels. Most beautiful and technolgy enhanced car for the money ...
Drive both .. then decide.

hondo164

I resemble that remark...I am 57 and just bought a 2011 Tl AWD and had a 06 TL before that.

Rocketsfan

Go for an RL if you want exclusivity... you and the other 13 people that bought one can get together at the local IHOP and compare mods.

(JK, RL owners... Acura may have left your vehicle for dead, but I still consider you brethren...)

DEman19901

That's exactly what I was thinking. Why else would they take so long to roll out the 6spd AT when competitors are putting them in their compacts. I think took honda almost ten years to make a somewhat reliable 5spd AT.

Stew4HD

Same here! .. well, I am not 57 but over 50 and I have an '08 TL, waiting for the '12 TL.

The is just too... well, plain... We elders still love sportiness.. sheesh... these kids don't know what it was like to dump the clutch monster V8 ..

Oswald Vater

+1. I'm 56 and just bought my 4th TL a couple months ago (2010 FWD/Tech WDP/Ebony). Have to admit that the retro musclecars were tempting but insurance cost and $4 a gallon gas (soon) were turn-offs. But if we wanted comfort alone we'd all be buying Lexus!

senile32nd

well i am going this weekend to make the purchase. talking to three dealers to get best deal. gonna get 2011 sh awd with tech, all season protection package, and truck drawer installed. thinking either black with umber or bronze with umber.

Thank you everyone for your input!

Stew4HD

Good luck! Just buy what YOU like, not what anyone else likes. You are the one that has look at it in your driveway, the one that gets to wash it, the one one that sees it in the parking lot as you walk up to it.... so get what appeals to you, be it the RL or TL.

All the best!

jusrushem

Buy a tl. look at this sweet thing. went to the dealer for new car owners, & the sales man showed me this "exhibit show car."

KeithL

I do love those wheels and wished they would carry them over to the 12.

Stew4HD

Is that your baby, jusrushem? I like that.. sweet looking car! I am very partial to the 5 spoke wheels.. drawback from the Cragar Mag days, I guess.

senile32nd

I got the 2011 TL SHAWD with tech for 37414.00 before license and tax! went with black and umber looks great and wife loves it.

gonna order the intake and thinking about the j pipe but looking for the longest one of those, and maybe a catbac for now. then coil overs and rims. gotta get ronjon grill kit and body kit aswell. gloss black the heads and red tint the tails. wife will surely look like a drug dealer then lol cant wait.

types1fan

^^ great deal, congrats man.

Asynchro

Congratulations, senile32nd, from a longtime Acura owner! And thank you for your service in the 'stan.

Just a friendly warning: Be careful just before driving straight into a ramp like a driveway. The long front overhang and low ground clearance can cause a scrape. I find it's better to do an angled approach into my driveway rather than straight in. To be fair, my dad's 1994 Chevy Malibu (hardly a sporty ride, haha) does the same thing.

Never happened with my 1997 Legend and 2000 TL, though.

Stew4HD

My '08 with A-Spec lip kit scrapes on many, many occasions. The angled approach is the only way to go.

Congrats senile32nd!

Asynchro

Oops, I'm the one going senile. Make that *1987* Legend.

jusrushem

senile. you'll love your tl. its my first one, & i just love it. i had a 07 g35, & it was a great car. But the tl is so comfortable. not as much umph as the g, but smooth ride!!! congrats on your new ride!!
@ keith L. no, my tl is white. this one was in the shop. they claim that it was the show car in the 2010 car show, & they will lower it, & do other stuff to it. hopefully mines will look like that. i bought the "factory body kit". 3,000$$ ouch. but it'll be worth it after its on.

jusrushem

Here is why Hawaii is such a rip off. The price tag of a 2010 tl sh awd.

jusrushem

Oswald Vater

Congrats on a great car/great deal and thanks for your service. Who did you end up purchasing from?

Steven Bell

iTrader: (2)

The most important part of this equation....the wife loves it.

Dude-will the wife want all these mods? If you're not driving it much and she doesn't care about the mods-save your money....

compewterbleu

I prefer the 19's...

senile32nd

well i was gonna leave it stock for the wife but then i showed her pictures of cars on this forum and well now she wants it like that .... I screwed my self....LOL

I got the car from orange park acura in Jacksonville

compewterbleu

Ah, the JAX, I use to roam around their a bit during the late 90's. We are talking FL not NC correct? LOL

Either way I believe she will enjoy the 4G TL....still enjoying the ride myself and the ownership experience has been wonderful to this point.