leedogg

haji memashte miki-san dozo yorushku!

excuse my spelling

muranojo

Oh, brother, this was intended as an innocent query to see if any other gals had sprung for the TLS. But after I posted it, I had second thoughts it might not be the best way to get to know the audience, and not all female TLS owners would want to post a response (understandably).
I would really like to see the demographics on this board vs. the total TL population. Am beginning to feel the posters on this board are not necessarily representative of the total Acura population, and I've heard that in other threads.

brettallica

I would agree with that, at least in my own experience. Most TL drivers I've seen in my area (there aren't many TL owners around, but anyway) are mostly early middle-aged (40s+) women; followed by same aged men. I don't think I've even seen a type-S around here yet.

lusid

I haven't seen a TypeS in MN yet.. i've seen them in the dealership lot but no one driving one.

I've seen 2 female TL drives, a few TSX drivers. But it's mostly guys ranging from 25-40 yrs old.

PS. i'm 23. Not that it matters but I got a job out of college and decided that this car was good for me.

darksom1

I would say that demographic largely represents my area as well. And there are MANY TL drivers in my area. I never noticed a lot of early 20's guys or females driving TL's in MD/DC/VA area, but didn't rule them out because parents here buy luxury cars for their kids in high school! However, in keeping with the thread I have not seen many TL-S's in my area, and none with women driving them. But plenty of TL's being driven by women everyday! I drive a lot so I see a lot. I have seen some very impressive female MT drivers! Not quite Angelina Jolie (Gone in 60 Seconds), but hella good! I agree with "muranojo" in that an MT is all I like to drive! Welcome aboard!

mfragoso1980

Thread is worthless without pics!!!! lol

leedogg

You're looking on the wrong forum in the wrong place.

https://acurazine.com/forums/ramblings-12/%2A%2A%2A%2Aacurazine-member-picture-thread-%2A%2A%2A%2A-307259/

There you go. All the pics you want, in the place they're supposed to be. This goes for all you other horndogs as well, take your over to ramblings.

Ninjaboi

Yeah there are some on here, but not so bad. I was browsing the A-TSX forum and this is pretty tame in comparison. As for the demographics, I haven't seen many female TL drivers in my area either. The one or two that I have seen looked about 40-50, and drove as if they were driving Miss Daisy.

Robert05

...then you haven't seen my wife when she needs to get some where...she'll hammer on my TL worse then I do somedays...

gqchicago

I was at the dealership about a month ago...and this 85 year old lady totters out of a brand new TL in the service department, complaining that the warning lights are all going off on her brand new TL's dashboard..."there's something wrong with this brand new car, it's only a month old and all of my tires are leaking air!" Resisting the urge to laugh... I looked and she's low on air pressure, so I nicely explain to her that the outside air temp has just dropped over 50 degrees and she needs more air in her tires. The warning is there to help her, just like the car can warn her now when it's low on gas.


"Well I shouldn't have to fix this!" she snaps at me..LOL... at this point I told her I'm sure the nice mechanic can fix her problem for her and walked away!

So...chalk up another female TL owner! ROFL I'm sure she wouldn't be impressed with any mods either though...unless it can fix those pesky tire leak problems these cars have! LOL

TLtrigirl

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if acura would have came out with the TL-S in 05...i would have gotten one, but at the time it was the TL in AT or MT...so i went with MT with plans to make modifications. so never mind just female TL drivers, but how about those who actually enjoy high performance?? i can at least say i paid for my TL and worked my ass off to earn such a privilege while some the young fresh out of college or in college brats had mommy and daddy buy you a car. earn it and you might appreciate it better.

to the point of this post...a proud female TL owner, MT, 18" Enkei rims, and AEM CAI. the rest of the peeps around here that own TL's are in their 40-50's.

mn2trance

I think those of us who are performance enthusiasts would've gotten it as well if they had done that. I don't know if it's Acura's plan to release a Type-S whenever there's a MMC for the TL, but I think they did that with the second gen as well. So, for those of us who can't wait to see what the 4G looks like, I guess we better wait until there's a MMC for that to see the Type-S again.

muranojo

TLtrigirl,
All right! Actually, I was interested in the female performance driver, i.e, the TL-S question. Sounds like you have a great rig, and good to hear from you. I echo some of your other comments.

ayethetiense

liar! i clicked the link and it doesnt work. hahaha

yes yes, i am looking for a thread of female TL owners.

TL1999

You tricked us.

Amber

I went with the Type S I didn't buy my TL for daily use, it's a weekend / project car so I wanted top of the line. Took several months before I could find one with low mileage and not beat to hell. It was worth the wait, I love my car.

Oh Sickest TL

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my gf USE to drive mine until she hacked my rims to hell lol

Waldo

lol why bring a thread back that is 8 yrs old.

anx1300c

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^^

Especially to reply directly to someone whose last post was in mid 2009, lol.

Amber

Why not? There aren't many women on this forum that can answer the question, it applies to me, so I decided to give my

Timing is irrelevant. If another woman does a google search and finds this thread, my post is potentially beneficial to her. The subject is not old, TL's are still being bought and sold.

Question is, how did you benefit this thread?

Amber

Also irrelevant! I've been a member here going on 3 years and I have a whole 10 posts. Just because someone's profile may not look active it doesn't always mean they aren't. I use this site to research mods for my car ... maybe you should spend more time doing the same

Besides, I really wasn't expecting the OP to reply ... but whatever. I'm not going to spend 20 mins explaining myself to you ...

Oh Sickest TL

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I LOL'd

Its okay, its better than starting a new thread

tinaselay

TL here - had an 04 in 04, now i have an 05 in 2015. Thanks to the posts here I've been reading, I removed the old navi and started a Nexus 7 (2013) install. Tested it last night and it works. Going out to the garage in a few minutes to finish the install.

TacoBello

I highly doubt she's on the boards here, but I work with a woman who drives a white 08 Type-S. 5at.

EvilVirus

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We tell newbies and other members to search. When they don't we criticize them. Amber did and decide to post; yet members will still criticize because she reborn an old thread. Lets not contradict.

EvilVirus

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I want to see pictures. You start a thread in the audio section.

LoveMyTL-S

Nice to see the ladies jump in here. Welcome to our new members.

JDMJunkie12s

I have 2 friends that are female that drive TL-S one KBP and the other White. (Seattle, Wa) I drive CBP stock and will prbably keep it that way.

FamilyGuy

Oh Sickest TL

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^^ LOL word tho....I was going to just put this

EvilVirus

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Obviously you guys didn't read

FamilyGuy

I read

There's actually a thread in photo section on TL owners, with a few female owners there.

anx1300c

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Thanks for the advice, amber. I'll get started on that research right away.

nist7

People get so worked up over reviving old threads. Who cares as long the revive post is relevant, and in this it is case.

Not a female owner here, BUT I bought my car from a female owner. 06 base TL 1-owner.

And as I drive around town, I noticed one demographic group driving TLs:

Middle aged to older aged upper middle/middle-class females. (based on purely unscientific observation of makeup/dress/clothes)

This is definitely a demographic that Honda is trying to capture. My prior owner was a university professor and her husband was a lawyer. They just bought another Acura RDX (though they do have family working in Honda)

Oh Sickest TL

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^^ same here bought my car from a lady (single owner) in her early 30s she had the car since new.. she was a principal... my 02 type s bought from a old lady prob in her 60s (single owner) she was a university professor also.. interesting indeed..

nist7

You know, I think it is because females really do like Hondas and Toyotas.....and so the middle/lower-middle incomes will stick with the tried and true econo-boxes like: Accord, Camry, Corolla, Civic, etc.

Now as they move up in their career/earnings/income level, they will naturally want to upgrade to a better car...and what better to stick with known quality/reliably BUT in a better appointed interior/looks/features....and enter Acura and Lexus.

I see this with LOT of Lexus as well. Lots of middle to upper middle class females driving around in Lexus sedans/SUV as well.

And this goes to males as well I think:

1 of my best friends just bought a 2nd gen 2000 TL with 1-owner and that 1-owner was like a higher level software engineer and basically had EVERYTHING done at the local Acura dealer....receipts totaled over $15,000 for all kinds of different things.

1black_seven

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Fresh off the boat asian women. Thats all ive ever seen drive TL-S's.
Their husbands usually drive BMW.