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CDDB update for Tech package owners by rv65
May 04, 2009 (10:30 pm)
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There is now a free update for the gracenote CDDB. All TL's with the tech package come with this service. It's available at myacura and you can burn it to a disc and it will update it. It takes about 20 minutes to do so. This is something you should do often as soon as they release it to keep up with the latest CD's.
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Re: CDDB update for Tech package owners [rv65] by go_mdx1
May 05, 2009 (5:43 pm)
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Replying to: rv65 (May 04, 2009 10:30 pm)

Interesting...
 
I've got another car w/gracenotes and a hard drive music box. My understanding was that gracenotes needed to be updated by the dealer and couldn't be done via CD.
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Re: Weather on the NAV screen - are you renewing? [go_mdx1] by go_mdx1
May 05, 2009 (5:53 pm)
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Replying to: go_mdx1 (May 02, 2009 5:34 pm)

Hmmm.....no replies to this post. One must infer this "feature" is not worth the added long term subscription costs. Suggest Acura remove this feature and add in cooled seats to make this car more competitive in creature comfort.
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Re: TL Appearance [Chasboy] by hpmctorque
May 06, 2009 (12:32 am)
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Replying to: Chasboy (Apr 27, 2009 8:27 pm)

That saying applies to people, but not to a forum like this one, where readers share opinions and facts about products of interest to readers.
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Re: TL Appearance [hpmctorque] by Chasboy
May 06, 2009 (6:04 am)
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Replying to: hpmctorque (May 06, 2009 12:32 am)

hpm, I have no idea what you are talking about.
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Re: TL Appearance [Chasboy] by hpmctorque
May 06, 2009 (8:00 am)
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Replying to: Chasboy (May 06, 2009 6:04 am)

I was replying to your statement in message #1389, "There's an old saying: 'if you have nothing nice to say, say nothing at all'."
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Re: CDDB update for Tech package owners [go_mdx1] by rv65
May 06, 2009 (6:32 pm)
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Replying to: go_mdx1 (May 05, 2009 5:43 pm)

http://www.navigation.com/is-bin/INTERSHOP.enfinity/WFS/Navteq-AcuraNorthAmerica- -Site/en_US/-/USD/ViewStatic-ViewTemplate?WorkingTemplate=update%2FGracenoteHome- &SelectedMenuItem=Homegn&pg=gn
 
Here is the website for it. You can do it yourself via USB or CD. It's a 302 MB download.
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Re: 2009 Tech TL, first few days [Chasboy] by cvv011
May 07, 2009 (9:36 am)
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Replying to: Chasboy (May 04, 2009 11:30 am)

Got the tires all to 33-34 psi (cold), and it definitely made a difference as for the "steering wander" off center. It's better, but still feels as the car lacks this center stability at high speeds (70-80), and keeps wondering to either side at times. Of course, it could be a road condition, but when you switch from one car to another and use the same route, you feel it. By the way, I compare the TL to the Siena van.
 
Anybody with the same experience?
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Re: 2009 Tech TL, first few days [cvv011] by Chasboy
May 07, 2009 (10:06 am)
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Replying to: cvv011 (May 07, 2009 9:36 am)

cvv, so which car are we insulting here? My TL is dead solid like on rails at any speed. Of course the Sienna is a great vehicle, and should also be steady.
It seems like at different times, one tire or another on the TL is 1 lb. off. I notice nothing at all. If you truly feel something, go back to the dealer while it's still fresh. Could even be a sticky caliper, but then you said it got better when you evened out the pressure....
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Re: 2009 Tech TL, first few days [cvv011] by kominsky
May 07, 2009 (12:44 pm)
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Replying to: cvv011 (May 07, 2009 9:36 am)

Sounds like the car is tram-lining. When you have wide, low profile tires, imperfections in the road tend catch the tire and move the car around. Higher profile tires with a larger sidewall (like a Siena, for instance) tend not to do it as much since the sidewalls are more flexible and "bend" to the imperfection. FWIW, my 330Ci with 245/40 rubber is much more susceptible to this than my wifes Odyssey.
 
I've put ~150K miles on my car and I'm on my seventh set of tires... several different models from a few different manufacturers. Some tires have suffered from tramlining much worse than others. They've all been the same size, so tread pattern and/or sidewall stiffness come into play.
 
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I just found this link that explains tramlining better than I ever could...
 
http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tiretech/techpage.jsp?techid=47

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