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Old 05-17-2001, 11:01 AM   #1
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A friend of mine was looking to purchase an RL . . . and I was helping him shop for it . . .

I thought that it was probably a very nice car . . . the exterior styling was modest, tasteful, and hinted at a very luxurious vehicle . . . not only that, it seems to have become the Ghetto Cruiser of choice lately . . . for the discerning Ghetto Superstar . . . lol . . .

Anyway . . . I hated it.

I mean, it's a really nice car and all, but the one thing that killed it for me was looking at the instrument cluster. My mother owned one of the first Accords . . . she bought it brand new in1981 . . . and it had a few very distinctive features that made Honda quite succesful . . . after all it's the little things that count, right?

For the life of me, I can't believe that Acuras sold today . . . almost 20 years later still have a very similar guage cluster to the Accords sold after 82 . . . and still have the same exact sound as the door chime . . . For the price that these things fetch, I expect that there would be a bit more exclusivity than that . . .

My money will never be spent on an Acura . . .
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Old 05-17-2001, 11:05 AM   #2
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Another satisfied customer. Would you prefer a Neon?
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Old 05-17-2001, 11:11 AM   #3
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Absolutely not . . . would you prefer an RL?:huh:
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Old 05-17-2001, 12:14 PM   #4
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PS . . .

You have DEFINATELY added to the discussion with this one:

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Old 05-17-2001, 12:47 PM   #5
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Re: PS . . .

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I was being CYNIKL! And yes it did add, you responded before this post.

Lighten up dawgz! You're gettin' worked up over nothing. I would take an RL actually. Them things are mad comfortable. The suspension on that car is almost like the lincoln town cars. You don't feel a thing.
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heh there are bigger tragedys in life

really there are bigger tragedys in life then that same door ajar chime and gauge clusters...
people are dying and afganistan..i bet they would like a RL damnit
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Old 12-05-2001, 09:22 AM   #7
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That's so cold . . .
Thread's so old . . .
RL's in Afghanistan?
Who'd be so bold?
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Old 12-18-2001, 04:43 AM   #8
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Help is on the way. Finally for the first time it's going to be Right Wheel Drive none of that FWD and V6. Call in the V8 to help out.
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the reason the RL is so expensive is because even the seats have computers built in it has several different balancing systems in the seat alone to make it an extremely smooth ride.. thats just one thing and as for the gauge cluster and the door chime.. if it works don't fix it
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Old 01-04-2002, 12:15 AM   #10
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oh and the ranting about people in afghanistan.. rediculous
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I was wondering if the next-generation RL will ever have rear-wheel drive?

I know it will be OK if they didn't actually add an 8-cylinder engine at introduction, but it should be offered sometime after introduction.

I was hoping that it will be a little smaller too, like the Lexus GS, the BMW 5 series, Mercedes Benz E-class.

If they do shift to rear wheel drive, I just think that it just compete with the A6 Quattro, 5-Series, 2005 Cadillac STS [to be RWD], probably M45, Jaguar S-Type, Lexus GS and Mercedes Benz E-Class better.
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Old 01-08-2003, 07:08 PM   #12
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I was wondering if the next-generation RL will ever have rear-wheel drive?

I know it will be OK if they didn't actually add an 8-cylinder engine at introduction, but it should be offered sometime after introduction.

I was hoping that it will be a little smaller too, like the Lexus GS, the BMW 5 series, Mercedes Benz E-class.

If they do shift to rear wheel drive, I just think that it just compete with the A6 Quattro, 5-Series, 2005 Cadillac STS [to be RWD], probably M45, Jaguar S-Type, Lexus GS and Mercedes Benz E-Class better.

I can see the RL adopting a RWD design, but I still can't picture Honda going up to a V8 yet...
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Well unless Honda motors actually produces a mass produced RWD car for the Acura division for sale in North America, they don't really have much of a future at all.

For example, their next RL should be RWD and that their future TSX (probably to go against the Lexus IS sedans, based on the European sold Honda Accords) should also be RWD or AWD as well as have a 6-cylinder engine not a 4-cylinder as they have planned.

Besides, the basic design for the RL is really running into its 8th year now (debuted around January, 1996 as a delayed 1996) and it's really behind the scheduled redesign (a redesign was due for 2001 on the RL as well as coversion to RWD).

Note: NSX is not a mass produced car.
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Old 01-10-2003, 02:31 AM   #14
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Very Classy car, almost bought one but it was too heavy and I wanted a sedan with some balls
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Old 01-10-2003, 03:46 PM   #15
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I don't mind the engine right now; b/c of the competition (i.e the Lexus LS430, Inifiniti Q45, etc.), how much of the available power do you actually use? I'm guessing a couple hundred most.

IMO, the flaw of the RL is in it's FF layout.
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