A positive thread
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A positive thread
I was a little late coming to work this morning so I had to speed a bit. Usually, I keep below 60 since I am still in the break in period, but I went up to 80 today. The drive was awesome and this thing handles extremely well. The ES might look like a BIG size sedan, but it handles similar to a sport car (maybe exaggerated a bit here).
I just want to say it drives like a dream and can't wait the break in period is over so I can do some serious damage. 
I know everyone's worrying about the tranny slip, but sometimes you have to look at the bright side. I am not going to let a few flares eat my life away. 
Here is a pic of my previous ride, it was a great car but the tranny took a dump at 26k.
I just want to say it drives like a dream and can't wait the break in period is over so I can do some serious damage. I know everyone's worrying about the tranny slip, but sometimes you have to look at the bright side. I am not going to let a few flares eat my life away. Here is a pic of my previous ride, it was a great car but the tranny took a dump at 26k.
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More power to you to try to look on the bright side under the circumstances. ons.. caused me to realize there is more to life than worrying about a hosed up transmission in brand new car, after the initial shock anyway.
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Dragon, we have a couple of things in common. I had the Acura CL coupe in it's last year of production. IT was also black- very sharp car. It had some major recalls involving the tranny. I felt uncomfortable with it so I traded it in for an 05 Accord which I now traded in for the ES. Hopefully , that little flare you experienced was the trasmission going through a learning process and was a one time event. There is so much to like about this car. Continue to stay positive and enjoy your car. I wish you many years of safe and troublefree driving with your ES. 
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I was a little late coming to work this morning so I had to speed a bit. Usually, I keep below 60 since I am still in the break in period, but I went up to 80 today. The drive was awesome and this thing handles extremely well. The ES might look like a BIG size sedan, but it handles similar to a sport car (maybe exaggerated a bit here). I just want to say it drives like a dream and can't wait the break in period is over so I can do some serious damage. I know everyone's worrying about the tranny slip, but sometimes you have to look at the bright side. I am not going to let a few flares eat my life away.
Here is a pic of my previous ride, it was a great car but the tranny took a dump at 26k.
I just want to say it drives like a dream and can't wait the break in period is over so I can do some serious damage. I know everyone's worrying about the tranny slip, but sometimes you have to look at the bright side. I am not going to let a few flares eat my life away. Here is a pic of my previous ride, it was a great car but the tranny took a dump at 26k.
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