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Qali, with regard to your post no. 1247, I have tried driving with the sun shade open and closed, but the rattle is there either way. There is nothing in the sun glass holder. I am trying everything I can think of to avoid an unscheduled visit to the dealer.
Amazon, as far as break-in is concerned, my sales guy told me the same thing that is in the manual and that Machiavelli mentioned. I do not think that it would be a particularly bad thing to get it on a road where you can open the engine up a bit more. Some people claim that engines learn your driving habits during the early days of the car's life, or at least have some memory. Personally, I have just stuck to what the manual says. The car does drive great at 80 MPG - feels like 40 MPG.
How is everyone's gas mileage?
in regards to gas mileage, i've been kind of dissapointed. overall mileage tends to be about 22-23 with a mix of city/hwy driving. I'm in CA so it may have something to do w/ the gas.
Neither dealer will budge off of sticker price by
very much.
Thanks
As far as gas mileage is concerned, I too am a bit disappointed, but I am hoping it will get better. I recall reading earlier posts that referred to gas mileage improving after time, with a lower grade of gas (if you can believe it) or a combination of these factors. I'm in MA, so the problem is likely not isolated to vehicles in CA.
drpob, I hope that you get your problems resolved, for a number of reasons. I can appreciate your frustration from a similar experience I had with a different car in the past. It is hard to believe that if they can isolate the problem as a factory defect that they cannot find and execute a fix. Are they sure its related to the rear windshield or do they think it is?
Obviously, I like the TL, that's what I bought!
i know what you mean. the reason i haven't brought it in yet is that deep down, i don't think they're going to solve the problem. they'd probably disassemble a bunch of stuff, put it back together and who knows, that might create a new problem. it's unfortunate 'cause otherwise the car is terrific. just going to keep having to turn the stereo on.
Anybody else have the same situation?
John W.
Later...AH
I have a reproducible problem to show to the dealer next week.
Good luck.
I guess that's a tradeoff of a sunroof made by American Sunroof Corporation, rather than Honda.
Thanks,
John W.
Incidentally, earlier models of the TL had a different tray, which holds 4 CDs (w/o jewel cases). My Acura dealer gave me one of those trays -- it fits in the slot just the same as the '02 pen/card holder tray.
Did the earlier TL models not have an in-dash CD changer ? That might explain the in-dash CD storage tray.
-Karl
Could I have an update on the mpg of the TL owners with approximately 75/25 (highway/city)?
Acura pen from the owner's manual folder. Mine was too fat for the slot, but I'm sure I can find a pen that will fit!
BTW, my TL-S was a forced marriage. I needed to get a car, since my old one was terminally ill. I was a devode German car fan. I was working as an Acura salesperson at the time and the TL-S was the only reasonable option; I leased it for 3 years. I'm more and more impressed with this car everyday!
John W.
Thanks
is http://www.alldata.com/recalls/index.html.
You can look by year and make of car. However when you click on Acura a box pops up with the following;
The American Honda Motor Company, Inc. has requested ALLDATA restrict access to Acura and Honda repair information by individual consumers. You will unfortunately not be able to register for access to Acura or Honda vehicle repair information, technical service bulletins or recalls.
Hope that helps!!
John W.
Later...AH
I turned it off for about 5 minutes then tried again and it started.Acted like it was flooded
or a bad cold start valve.I would love to know if anybody else has experienced this.It has 17000 miles and should not be problematic.
CRV and it's keys were in my pocket with the Acura key but not on the same keyring.Both cars have the immobilizer system.I would be interested to know how these systems work.I'm a techno geek
so I love gadgets.Oh yea I forgot I just got the CRV but I have had the TL for over a year.
RPMs at 70 mph for me are 1500-1800.
On my regular 40%city/60% hwy kind of driving, the car returns 23-25mpg depending on how aggressive I was with the throttle.
It shows 1900rpm at 70mph, with the 5-speed Automatic of my 2000 Acura 3.2TL
Later...AH
I'm taking the TL-S on it's first long highway voyage this weekend and will be mighty disappointed if its not close to 30 mpg, as advertised.
If I were buying a near-Luxury car today, I would almost certainly go for the TL-s. The TL-s was not available when I bought my TL. The Infiniti G35 would also be an option I would seriously consider, even though I hear that the mileage in the G35 is not that great even though everything else is fantastic.
Also, I never tried to duplicate the 36mpg experience, since, as amazon said, the car invites us to step on the throttle. Keeping it at a steady 70mph was a torture, when I tried it. I continually had to restrain myself from stepping on the gas during that trip. Basically my objective was to find out how much mileage the car would give with steady 70mph smooth highway driving.
Later...AH