Article Comments - 2010 Acura TL SH-AWD 6MT First Drive

61 messages, Last post on Nov 18, 2008 at 11:28 AM

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2010 Acura TL SH-AWD 6MT First Drive - First Impressions: Not since the NSX has Acura had such a focused tool poised to shatter expensive glass ceilings. Problem is, the other guys have significantly upgraded models in the pipeline, too. (more)

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#57 of 61 Re: Tires - Counterpoint [circlew] by habitat1 Oct 12, 2008 (3:31 pm)
Replying to: circlew (Oct 12, 2008 12:16 pm) 2 feet, three pedals! That's safer than 2 and 2 when I'm driving. Seems like about 50% of the time I'm driving a rental automatic, at some point I forget and try to depress the clutch as I am coasting to a stop - and hit the brake instead. Fortunately, I've only accidentally shifted an automatic from drive into reverse once (after a long red-eye trip) and the statute of limitations has expired on that adventure. Replies to this message: laurasdada (Oct 12, 2008 7:33 pm)
#58 of 61 Re: Tires - Counterpoint [habitat1] by paisan Oct 12, 2008 (3:36 pm)
Replying to: habitat1 (Oct 12, 2008 3:23 pm) Did you mean TL SH-AWD 6 speed? I haven't heard of a RL 6-speed manual. Yup meant TL. Just got back from doing a clutch install for a customer at our shop into their stage 2+ Legacy GT. That was a fun adventure in wrenching....14 hrs later.... -mike Motorsports and Modifications Host
#59 of 61 Re: Tires - Counterpoint [habitat1] by laurasdada Oct 12, 2008 (7:33 pm)
Replying to: habitat1 (Oct 12, 2008 3:31 pm) "...at some point I forget and try to depress the clutch as I am coasting to a stop - and hit the brake instead." That's funny as, after driving sticks for the first 15 years of my driving life, I would do the same thing in the company-supplied slush-puppies I drove for the next 5 years! Or, when looking for the missing third pedal, I would simply stomp my foot into the firewall carpeting... ouch.
#60 of 61 2010 TL by wwest Nov 18, 2008 (11:28 am)
Change the rear ring/pinion ratio ("overdrive" the rear) so that 70-80% of the engine torque can go to the rear during HARD acceleration, or the MAJORITY of engine compression braking effects when downshifting, and throw in a new DFI engine with 12.8:1 compression ratio and I'm "in".