The TL has landed.

Thursday January 20, 2005 at 11:00 am | Filed under Me

So last night we bought the new TL. It’s a beautiful deep blue color called Abyss Blue Pearl and has a Camel colored interior, which is is more like a warm rich tannish with a hint of orange in there. Camel is a good word for it, I suppose, or at least it’s better than calling it Rich-Warm-Tannish-Orangey. I was up really late last night after making the rounds to the parents’ places figuring things out, setting XM presets, pairing my phone with the HandsFree system, listening to some DVD-Audio, and reading the manuals.

There are some really poor pictures of it on flickr of it, but these will be replaced soon with some better ones. I had a pretty shakey hand after signing on the dotted line. Even though that was probably the best car buying experience I’ve ever had. I actually left there with a good feeling instead of the horrible one I normally have when I commit to a car finance. Between going in there over-prepared with internet quotes from other dealers and having a pre-approved loan from my credit union, I think my research on this one paid off.

We also ended the lease on the old one and turned it in, which was kinda sad. That car was amazing, and if they hadn’t improved the car so much in the last few years I think I would have purchased that one. But… I managed to keep the payments really close to what we were paying monthly on the lease, so we shouldn’t take a hit on the monthly routine.

We’re going to have this one for at least 10 years, I imagine, so here’s to many miles in the new TL!

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  1. Shana Says:
    January 20th, 2005 at 11:36 am

    This is an incredible car!! I can’t wait until Monique and I can take it out and cruise -ha-ha!! It’s beyond awesome! It’s making my 20 year old volvo seem sad!

  2. Gordon Says:
    January 21st, 2005 at 1:10 pm

    Yeah man, thats a sweet ride!

  3. Arlen Says:
    January 23rd, 2005 at 3:25 pm

    What does TL stand for? Turbo Lightning?

  4. Joe Says:
    January 23rd, 2005 at 11:27 pm

    Not really sure. I think it once stood for Total Luxury, but I’m not even sure if that’s right or something I assumed. I’m not sure it means anything. The flagship is the RL, the one below it is the TSX, and the litte one is the RSX, so I can’t see a pattern. It could be “The Legend” since the TL was called the Acura Legend before it was the TL.

  5. Arlen Says:
    January 24th, 2005 at 6:51 am

    We all know what RL stands for . . . we all went to school with the guy, Mr. Sports himself! R. L. III!

  6. Jon Says:
    January 25th, 2005 at 10:43 pm

    I miss the two Acuras we used to have. Too bad Acura doesn’t make a minivan. :-)

  7. Joe Says:
    January 26th, 2005 at 7:39 pm

    It’s a great brand, but you’ve got the closts thing to an Acura minivan, I think. I’m sure the Odessy is what we’d buy if we were in the market.

    Monique was saying that we’d probably always own an Acura since we’re so happy with them, and I don’t doubt it.

  8. Wayne Allen Says:
    January 31st, 2005 at 11:50 am

    Hey Joe!

    Your car is pretty cool. Becky and I also got a new car. A VW Passat.

    http://www.wayneallen.com/mt

    Wayne

  9. Arlen Says:
    February 1st, 2005 at 7:12 am

    The Passat is cool. Judging from your blog pics, you live in a former wasteland newly populated with identical houses. How about some color?