A friend of mine just bought a '04 TL and wants to race my '02 GLE. Do I have any chance in winning this race? I know it depends on the driver, but i'm asking as if both cars were driving themselves. I know the new TL is fast. Has anyone raced the new TL yet?

 

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Race And Find Out

 

It should be very close....maybe the TL my a hair. It'll definately come down to a drivers race. Granted that he is auto also.

 

I'm leaning more towards the TL....15 more HP but heavier I think.

 

...getting in before the lock.

auto vs auto, dead heat. stick vs stick, dead heat. drivers being equal. i would race only from a dig, dont go from a 30+ mph roll on, you will get beat, Acuras are known to have "longer legs", they really get cooking up top.

Fernando

 

There is no way in hell a stock '04 TL can beat a '02 Maxima. Their Quarter Mile is longer and they way more. The 0-60 is also worse.

 

I know it's not really the same thing, but.........

I raced a last gen tl with a Toyota Solara V6 5spd, from a dig, and from a roll, and I owned him both times, and my autotragic 2k max owns the Solara, so..........

 

the new TL stock is only 15 more but if you run him from a roll in second at about 40 you should take him cause thats right around 4k and for him its only like 2500

 

I'm usually a VQ35 homer, but a stock 6MT TL traps 97-99 mph, so yeah, TL can and will beat on Auto VQ35 Maxima and its a toss-up with the 6MT VQ35 Maxima.

I realize the 5AT TL runs nowhere close to 99 mph in the trap (more like 94 mph), but you sorta made a generalized statement.

Im in no way a mag racer, but pick up new issues of MT and C and D, you will see those TL's are brutally quick, to put it mildly.

 

...really your post has nothing to do with the topic, and you are post whoring

 

this thread blows just race him and grow a sack

 

My friends brother just got his TL a month ago, it has 2400 miles on it. It's an automatic. We were bar-hopping and I was hoping to catch a red light that never came. We did have a nice run on the Tollway though......

I was staying glued to his *** at around 70-75 with my car in 3rd while we weaved through some traffic. As soon as we cleared I heard him go and so did I, I wound out third and almost went all the way through 4th (I'm guessing that's about 110-115, too fast to look down for me) and I managed to make up the car I was down at the start and put 1 on him. Fun race!!

After the next bar we were going to go to a 3rd and he asked me if I wanted to switch cars...SURE WILL!! That TL is sweet. It has 5.1 DVD sound that sounds better than most home theater surround-sound systems. Awesome seats, cool as hell dash and Nav screen.....and lots of go under the right foot. I can only imagine how much fun the 6-speed must be. C&D got a 14.4@99 out of one, not too shabby. The 04 TL has a good chance of being my next used car after I wear the Maxima out in a good 3 or 4 years.

Later,

S.L.
'02 Maimxa SE 6-speed
Majestic Blue Crew

 

Not trying to tell you guys how to run your site, BUT.....why would you have to lock a thread like this? It's a nice civil discussion about Maxima's & their competition.

 

are the maximas really invincible...wont it get owned?? i thought the 04 tl 6spd got like a 5.7 0-60 (6spd se 6.0?)

 

Along the lines of racing, my uncle has a 99 Cadillac STS and joking he asked how my rubberbands where holding up I told him to put his money where his mouth is

Question can my 02 Max SE AT beat a 99 STS??

 

Just go race.

 

You will loose big... Car and driver said the manual can get 0-60 in 5.7.... good luck.

 

think again..... acuras are know for their excellent gear ratios, we have a lower drag limit then them.....

 

he just wanted to fit in....

 

i think it can but im really not sure what an STS would turn.....there quick but i dont think they could take a maxima

 

I'm really happy that some of you really take pride in your maxima. But when it comes to fact, you can't say that an apple is not an apple. Let's face it, the new TL has 270 hp and out 2002 has "255" hp? More like 240? Granted the TL is 200-300 lbs heavier, but it'll still win or at least run equally fast compared to our 2002/2003 Maxima.

Just race and find out!


~limsandy

 

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He right, best way is to race and find out.... I can pull out mag times, but its always a drivers race when the HP numbers a close... but let me tell you this, i got owned by my friends 2002 tls on the highway after 80 mph, and the new 04 has smaller gear ratios in some gears... and i heard some of the older tls guys (stock) loosing to the 04s.... so dont get cocky, and dont get dissapointed no matter what the outcome.

 

Put 5 onions on it and....GET IT ON

 

the tl has less torque you will beat the tl on the short run but he will catch up to you and beat you

 

also, i hear the new tl has torque steer... lets hope you two dont bang into each other.....

 

less toruqe didnt stop the 03 accord coupe from hitting 5.9 0-60...

 

I've notice Honda likes to wind their engines....most of them keep pulling welll through the RPMs....