Tech Tuesdays: Our Sound-Off Reference System
Any car lover who also cares about music knows that luxury automakers have significantly stepped up their audio offerings in the past few years. The result has been an unprecedented number of high-end automaker/audio-brand hook-ups. Our inquisitive and competitive natures got us wondering which of these systems is best. So we rounded up six luxury cars with marquee-brand systems and listened to them over the course of several days. The feature High-End Stock Stereo Sound-Off highlights each system's strength and weakness and which ones we liked best. Our reference for judging these systems? Decades of collective experience evaluating audio …
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CarUniv (Car Universe) : Acura Advanced Sports Car Concept: http://bit.ly/aUArHh.. Updated : 2010-07-30T06:21:51Z | Reply | View Tweet |
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carsnatl (cars in atlanta) : ACURA: 2007 CHRYSLER PACIFICA 5DR LIMITED (Roswell) $16950: Get pre-qualified on this one O.A.C. Call ... http://bit.ly/amX5dP #atlantacars.. Updated : 2010-07-30T06:10:17Z | Reply | View Tweet |
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carsnatl (cars in atlanta) : ACURA: 1994 acura integra gsr (chattanooga) $1500: 94 integra gsr.
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notetosarah (Sarah Tolz) : @xoCarolineGrace I have an Acura MDX and I absolutely love it. 4 yrs later + only oil changes thus far. (Plus, it's technically a Honda lol).. Updated : 2010-07-30T06:09:20Z | Reply | View Tweet |
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Drunk Man Arrested In Car He'd Reported Stolen
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Acura recalls 167,000 cars
[Autos]Acura has announced a recall that will affect 167,000 TSX models built between 2004 and 2008. The problem is found on models equipped with the 2.4-liter four-cylinder engine – which was the only available engine in the U.S.
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Wife Hacks Husband's Car Forum Account, Divorces Him With It
[Autos]An Acura forum member posted an idiotic screed about his wife's jealousy of his car, an Acura TL. His wife found it, hacked his account and used it to divorce him.
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Acura TSX to Get Hybrid Powertrain
[Autos]The hybrid technology will grace the TSX's engine bay starting in 2011. There will be more Acura hybrid models to follow, though for what it's worth, there won't be any V8 engines any time soon.
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Looks Like This Guy Was Headed for Bat Country
[People]Troopers pulled over a 1991 Acura four-door sedan driven by Gary Mortensen, 26, at 1:50 p.m. They discovered about a half-pound of marijuana, psilocybin mushrooms, hashish and drug paraphernalia, said Lt. Robert Edwards, a state police spokesman.The car also held two rifles, a machete, a samurai sword and knives.
