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Old 04-20-13, 06:37 PM
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Jesus! Who works at Acura? I think people off this forum would do a lot better any job that Acura throws at them even packaging the car with their existing technologies
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Old 04-20-13, 08:15 PM
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I was coming home the other day and I saw a brand new Honda Accord parked on the street right in front of me as I came to a T intersection and a stop sign. I thought to myself "Man, those new Accords really are nice looking". As I turned and drove past it I realized...it was an RLX. Whoops!

I watched the video, pretty funny. "50 year old snobby waspy white people LOVE the RLX!". My favorite line was the guy who said "Its hard to believe you're driving a FWD car, it really feels like a RWD car". You know what else feels like a RWD car? A RWD car.

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Old 04-20-13, 10:05 PM
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Originally Posted by CincyBrad
Nice to see they are comparing the "flagship" model to competitors non-flagship models. Lol
makes perfect sense as they're in similar price ranges. you'd be giving them even more grief if they were comparing and rlx to an s-class or ls.

acura knows they're not in the same league as bmw/mb/lexus, but that doesn't mean they can't compare to models of comparable size/price.

and the term 'flagship' is actually quite stupid.

for porsche, is the 'flagship' the 911, the panamera, or the cayenne?
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Old 04-21-13, 04:50 PM
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Originally Posted by LexBob2
Wow! 11 pages and 6600 views on the RLX!
Well, they don't call this forum CAR CHAT for nothing. Even vehicles with poor sales often get a lot of comments here.

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Old 04-21-13, 06:42 PM
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here is one for Mike:



clearly taking after RLX!
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Old 04-21-13, 07:17 PM
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Originally Posted by spwolf
here is one for Mike:



clearly taking after RLX!
Yuck...well at least it's original, in it's own ugly way.
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Old 04-21-13, 08:46 PM
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Originally Posted by spwolf
here is one for Mike:



clearly taking after RLX!
Sadly I think the Crosstour is still uglier
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Old 05-03-13, 11:20 PM
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Old 05-04-13, 09:14 AM
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It's a great car......................................it's just simply waaaaaay over-priced.
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Old 05-04-13, 12:19 PM
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Originally Posted by Hoovey2411


Look at the literature that our Acura dealership is getting from Acura
It has a amatuer-like feel to the writing.
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Old 05-04-13, 03:47 PM
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Originally Posted by Motor
You'd think they could have washed the damn thing before the video LOL
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Anybody ever actually see the RLX's jewel eye LEDs at night?

They are very plain, uninspiring in pictures, but in real life nighttime, they are VERY impressive. Easily the brightest stock lights i have ever seen. The "rainbow effect" they tout can be seen slightly as well. Seeing is believing on thos

Other than that though, the car as a whole isn't too impressive. Hopefully the hybrid will be cooler than expected.
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Old 05-04-13, 05:41 PM
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Yeah I saw them last night actually, they are cool.

I've seen several of these...so they're selling.
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tell me why i have to spend 20k more than a 2013 TL -SHAWD with TECH package. bigger motor, sh-awd, same transmission.
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Old 05-05-13, 06:45 AM
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Originally Posted by Hoovey2411


Look at the literature that our Acura dealership is getting from Acura
The RLX also includes wrong-wheel-drive, standard.
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