Tell me about the Acura CL

"Trunk Impaired 318" (matteocscaptura) 03/20/2017 at 19:30 • Filed to: None

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Strongly considering selling my MINI and picking up something that’s going to be a little less troublesome when something goes wrong. Saw this Acura CL Type S on the List of Craig and was interested. It has a lot of miles but effectively one owner and looks to be well taken care of. !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! Thanks for any and all advice/input!

TheHondaBro > Trunk Impaired 318 03/20/2017 at 19:33

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Good car. My dad used to have one of those. The engine is very potent and loves to rev.

But the transmission is probably already on its last legs. I wouldn’t touch a 3.2 with a 15ft pole.

TheTurbochargedSquirrel > Trunk Impaired 318 03/20/2017 at 19:33

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A guy at my high school had one with a big banner across the windshield which said “DOCH V-TEK”. He wasn’t the brightest.

interstate366, now In The Industry > Trunk Impaired 318 03/20/2017 at 19:35

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If you can somehow find one with a manual, get it. The automatics are made of glass, though.

TheHondaBro > TheTurbochargedSquirrel 03/20/2017 at 19:41

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gin-san - shitpost specialist > TheTurbochargedSquirrel 03/20/2017 at 19:42

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Oh come on, you don’t want double over-cam heads? Not even a Maybach has those!

interstate366, now In The Industry > TheHondaBro 03/20/2017 at 19:46

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Surprisingly, the car in the ad is a manual.

Trunk Impaired 318 > TheHondaBro 03/20/2017 at 19:50

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Even a manual?

Trunk Impaired 318 > interstate366, now In The Industry 03/20/2017 at 19:51

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It is a manual and looks like a well cared for car. Having a semi-nice car to cruise in while still being somewhat fun is very appealing to me. Plus Honda reliability.

interstate366, now In The Industry > Trunk Impaired 318 03/20/2017 at 19:58

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Ah yeah, didn’t notice there was actually an ad when I made that comment. I haven’t heard anything bad about the manual gearboxes other than their extreme rarity. They may even have an LSD. At that price it’s a great deal, too.

GolfR Guy > interstate366, now In The Industry 03/20/2017 at 19:58

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Can attest to the glass trans. issue. Had a 2000 tl, went through 3 of them....

HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles > Trunk Impaired 318 03/20/2017 at 20:00

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It’s a Prelude.

Trunk Impaired 318 > interstate366, now In The Industry 03/20/2017 at 20:02

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I did read that in 2003 some got an LSD which would be awesome. Hopefully I’ll be able to go take a look at it sometime this week.

interstate366, now In The Industry > GolfR Guy 03/20/2017 at 20:03

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Honda seems to have forgotten how to build an automatic transmission sometime around 1996. Several cars introduced after that had problems like that. Most of them were V6s, but the 5th gen Prelude had the same issues, and from what’s I understand the 2nd gen CR-V also did. I still won’t touch an automatic Honda to this day.

Trunk Impaired 318 > HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles 03/20/2017 at 20:05

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Really? I thought it was an Accord.

interstate366, now In The Industry > HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles 03/20/2017 at 20:09

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Back when I had Facebook, a guy in a Prelude group I was in had swapped a drivetrain from one of these into a 5th gen. Last I heard (and this is going on 3 years now), he was dissatisfied with the handling (imagine that, adding more weight to the front of a FWD car adversely affects handling) and was working on mating the J32 to an S2000 transmission. Not sure what came of that.

HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles > Trunk Impaired 318 03/20/2017 at 21:10

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Well I mean more in the goal of its design. Idk about the origin of its chassis.

boredalways > Trunk Impaired 318 03/20/2017 at 21:25

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198K!?

That engine has barely been broken in!

(Former ‘02 TL Type-S owner 5AT w/ 215K on odo — mfg recall took care of the tranny)

ETA: BUY IT NOW IF YOU CAN

awmaster10 > Trunk Impaired 318 03/21/2017 at 10:33

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hell of a deal. If it sells and you cant find another MT one just get a lexus sc300 or sc400. RWD and similar type of vehicle otherwise

Supreme Chancellor and Glorious Leader SaveTheIntegras > Trunk Impaired 318 03/21/2017 at 11:33

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DO IT

BUY IT NOW

a manual CL-S is a very hard find. The J32 is a good engine, just make sure it has had at least one timing belt/water pump service and has always had good/regular oil changes.

Nimbus The Legend - Riding on air like a cloud > interstate366, now In The Industry 03/21/2017 at 14:33

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came here to say this

Trunk Impaired 318 > Supreme Chancellor and Glorious Leader SaveTheIntegras 03/21/2017 at 16:10

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According to the ad it just had a second timing belt done and has been maintained well with records.

Trunk Impaired 318 > awmaster10 03/21/2017 at 16:30

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Those Lexuses (is that even a word?) are impossible to find in decent shape for a reasonable price though.

Supreme Chancellor and Glorious Leader SaveTheIntegras > Trunk Impaired 318 03/21/2017 at 16:38

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BUY IT NOW!!

Trunk Impaired 318 > Supreme Chancellor and Glorious Leader SaveTheIntegras 03/21/2017 at 16:41

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Haha, hopefully I’ll get to look at it this weekend and offload my Mini but until the latter my hands are tied.