6-Speed Front Drive: 2005 Acura TL
Honda might not have produced the world’s first front-wheel-drive car (that is arguably the 1989 Victoria Combination by Société Parisienne) or even the most successful front-wheel-drive seller (that’d be the Toyota Camry) or the fastest front-wheel-drive racecar (that’d be the Nissan GT-R LM Nismo) but they did build the best front drive sport compact sedans of the 1990s starting with the surprisingly fast Honda Predule, followed by the Acura Integra, then the RSX, and finally what you see here…which is a 6-speed manual equipped Acura TL. Find this 2005 Acura TL offered for $5,490 in Winnetka, CA via craigslist.
From the seller:
2005 Acura TL
condition: good
cylinders: 6 cylinders
drive: fwd
fuel: gas
odometer: 205270
paint color: grey
size: mid-size
title status: clean
transmission: manual
type: sedan
2005 Acura TL with 6-Speed Manual
All original condition
Stock Brembo 4-piston brakes with new pads and rotors.
3.2l v6 (j32) 270 hp
205,260 miles
Runs great, passes smog with no problems.
Clean California title and registered until Aug 2021
6-speed transmission has a new clutch.
Comes with the 2 original key fobs.
The Bad
The body has some minor dings and scratches.
The paint is in decent shape with some clear coat fading on the roof.
The Bad (Interior)
Front seats have cracks mainly on the bottom section and the dashboard also has cracks but has a new soft-cover on it.
The navigation does not read the disk and the airbag light comes on intermittently when someone sits in the passenger seat.
$5490 OBO
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I think you mean 1889?
For me personally, condition and total mileage is more important in a late model sedan like this than having a 6-speed manual to play with, so I’d pass.
For that price I think I could find another Acura or Honda V6 with fewer miles and less damage and be ok with an automatic. I don’t think the manual brings much to the party here.
I had a 2007 TL Type-S with the 6 speed – boy was that a nice car.
Slow, but man was it awesome to daily!
Saab might like to argue with you about that “best front drive sport compact sedans of the 1990s” status, but the 900/9-3 wasn’t that compact and the 900/9-5 was large, and also, yeah, maybe you’re right overall.