NY/NJ/CT area check-in

[larchmont]

We suck!

Look at the Canada forum -- it's ROCKING! And us? Nuttin' honey.

At least we could check in or something.

OK, I'm Larchmont.
And I'm in, uh, Larchmont.

Larchmont, who understands there's also a Larchmont in Pennsylvania, just outside Philly.

[Ray]

Im in Long Island :D

[larchmont]

So....... :D

Nobody but Ray and me, eh?
__________________
(No, it's ridiculous.)

[Diesel]

So....... :D

Nobody but Ray and me, eh?
__________________
(No, it's ridiculous.)

From MA/NH

[larchmont]

From MA/NH
Well OK, if nobody else shows up, close enough. :D

[SAZABI]

HA HAH AHA... only 2 people? 3??
k k... i will shut up and back to Canadian forum :D

[larchmont]

HA HAH AHA... only 2 people? 3??
k k... i will shut up and back to Canadian forum :D
Nobody wants to admit being from NY.

And with good reason. :D

[kwalnut]

staten island here

[Diesel]

Well OK, if nobody else shows up, close enough. :D

At least, you have 2 guys in NY/NJ.....I have none in MA :(

Therefore, I put myself to the NY category :D

[larchmont]

At least, you have 2 guys in NY/NJ.....I have none in MA :(

Therefore, I put myself to the NY category :D
You betcha -- power in numbers! 2 wasn't so hot either, so now it's 3! :D

So......anybody else in the newly-named "NY/NY/CT/MA/NH" area? :jester:

[TSX 'R' US]

You betcha -- power in numbers! 2 wasn't so hot either, so now it's 3! :D

So......anybody else in the newly-named "NY/NY/CT/MA/NH" area? :jester:
Why stop there...c'mon...start spreading westward!! ;) :laugh:

[larchmont]

Why stop there...c'mon...start spreading westward!! ;) :laugh:
Okeedokee.......Anybody else in the NY/NJ/CT/MA/NH/VT/PA/OH/IN/IL/Mars/Jupiter/Saturn area?

[TSX 'R' US]

Okeedokee.......Anybody else in the NY/NJ/CT/MA/NH/VT/PA/OH/IN/IL/Mars/Jupiter/Saturn area?
how could you forget about Venus?? All the women!!! :D

[CraZydudE]

Philadelphian here to represent~~

[kenk25]

North Jersey here, we're all getting back from the jersey shore :)

[briny319]

I'm from Long Island.

[larchmont]

I'm from Long Island.
Hey, briny -- great to see you! Been a while!

(Not since around the time of the show, right?)

[briny319]

hey larch, it has been a while. I haven't had much time for forums recently. I'll be around more and more as the 05 models come out and there is something new to talk about.

[larchmont]

hey larch, it has been a while. I haven't had much time for forums recently. I'll be around more and more as the 05 models come out and there is something new to talk about.
:thumbsup:

(Larchmont, who can't help thinking of Provench whenever he sees that smilie.)


.....and the rest of us will just keep filling up space with nothing in particular until then. :D

[Bababoosky]

White Plains NY

[larchmont]

White Plains NY
:cool: Glad you found us! :cool:

For y'all who don't know, White Plains is sorta like Larchmont's big brother.
Much bigger brother. :D

About 10 minutes away.
Used to live there, long time ago.
(Davis Ave.)

[supraken]

staten island here


Hey kwalnut, I'm also from SI. Which part are you from? I also have a CG, but with no navi... :D

[larchmont]

kwalnut hasn't been here enough lately!

BTW.....why isn't SI part of New Jersey???
A guess it's "history" or something.....

[robert_tg]

We suck!
Look at the Canada forum -- it's ROCKING! And us? Nuttin' honey...snip...


This is something I find very interesting since I started on a-tsx yet I can not quite put finger on it...
I have never interacted with Canadians as much until a-tsx. Maybe I have not much experience with Forums. (but old fashioned Newsgroups..years experience). I kept getting the impression that Acura is like a religion there...lots & lots of loyal followings.
I am wondering if the other car forums have as much Canadian presence as a-tsx.

BTW, I am 1-hr north of NYC.

Robert who avoids taking I-95 to NY Friday and instead takes the H Hudson/Saw Mill & passed by Larchmont.

[larchmont]

This is something I find very interesting since I started on a-tsx yet I can not quite put finger on it...
I have never interacted with Canadians as much until a-tsx. Maybe I have not much experience with Forums. (but old fashioned Newsgroups..years experience). I kept getting the impression that Acura is like a religion there...lots & lots of loyal followings.
I am wondering if the other car forums have as much Canadian presence as a-tsx.

BTW, I am 1-hr north of NYC.

Robert who avoids taking I-95 to NY Friday and instead takes the H Hudson/Saw Mill & passed by Larchmont.
I've wondered about the Canada connection too. Not only that, I also wondered why there were so many TSX forum people in Toronto but so few in Montreal. (And we sort of figured it out, I think.) And now we also have so many great members in B.C.

It seems maybe the main reason for the Canada connection is that front-wheel drive is more highly valued up there, because of the weather. Which I can understand, because I'm "only" in the NY area, and I wouldn't even look at a RWD car.
If you're young (or young at heart :D ) and if you want a "driver's car," plus if you're avoiding RWD, Acura is one of the main cars you'll go for.
btw....Honda in general is big up there, not just Acura.


About avoiding I-95 (which becomes the Cross Bronx Expwy a little south of here) -- I agree completely.
Here's what I said a while ago about the roads around here:

CBE = suck
87 = only if you have to
684 = best road in America
Hutch/Merritt = great twisty for TSX
Bronx Riv. Pkwy = ditto
Sprain Brook Pkwy = still have no idea what it's for
Saw Mill Pkwy = see Hutch/Merritt/Bx Riv.
Taconic = for the daring

[supraken]

kwalnut hasn't been here enough lately!

BTW.....why isn't SI part of New Jersey???
A guess it's "history" or something.....


I think because if SI was part of NJ, then nyc would not have a place to dump all its garbage to.....? :donno: :D

[robert_tg]

or for the city mob to bury those that they whacked

[larchmont]

I think because if SI was part of NJ, then nyc would not have a place to dump all its garbage to.....? :donno: :D

or for the city mob to bury those that they whacked
Now we're getting somewhere...... :D

[robert_tg]

About avoiding I-95 (which becomes the Cross Bronx Expwy a little south of here) -- I agree completely.
Here's what I said a while ago about the roads around here:

CBE = suck
87 = only if you have to
684 = best road in America
Hutch/Merritt = great twisty for TSX
Bronx Riv. Pkwy = ditto
Sprain Brook Pkwy = still have no idea what it's for
Saw Mill Pkwy = see Hutch/Merritt/Bx Riv.
Taconic = for the daring

Nice list !
I didn't even want to take I95+Cross Bronx.. in my old car...too stressful IMO on the driver & the car.....Only fit for delivery trucks.
That part of S Bronx is probably one of the fugliest places on earth.
God help you if you got into any sort of accident/breakdown....I'd rather be in Farujah

[larchmont]

.....That part of S Bronx is probably one of the fugliest places on earth.
God help you if you got into any sort of accident/breakdown....I'd rather be in Farujah
There was a book (and movie) about that!

(Bonfire of the Vanities)

[robert_tg]

yeah I remember that movie quite well especially the part "honey where are all the white peple ?..."

But seriously that strech of I-95 has such a thick bad vibe you can almost cut it with a knife....it's so surreal.

[larchmont]

.....But seriously that strech of I-95 has such a thick bad vibe you can almost cut it with a knife....it's so surreal.
But the biggest problem there is just the road and the traffic.

Trucks, huge trucks, noisy trucks, trucks that don't give a f***.
And everybody's in a bad mood and late, so they drive like they're in an angry panic state.
Plus there are some sudden forks that take people by surprise, so they dart the other way at the last minute.

Like I said: CBE = suck.

[robert_tg]

Yeah, the bumpy road is so fecked up and because of the non-stop traffic
they can never get to repair any of it.

But the trucks don't really scare me...it's the non-commercial piece-of-fecked-up-shit junks that zip up & down that strech.....boy talking about defensive driving...

[larchmont]

That's another reason I like these sites -- helps me learn more English. :D

[2004 royal]

queens/li checking in

[Joker]

queens/li checking in
Hello, and welcome to the Club 2004 royal :wavey:

[robert_tg]

hey 2004Royal welcome ! Just got your TSX ?

So which one is it anyway ? Queens or LI ? :D

[2004 royal]

queens, 1/2 a mile from the nassau county line

[2004 royal]

thanks for the welcome everybody

[TSX 'R' US]

:woot: welcome to the board Royal!!

[larchmont]

queens, 1/2 a mile from the nassau county line
What town would that be?

Larchmont, who grew up in Bayside and Flushing.

[johnej]

Welcome also

[robert_tg]

What town would that be?
Larchmont, who grew up in Bayside and Flushing.

hehe in your days Flushing problly was a sleepy little town.
Nowadays if you grow up in Flushing you'd pick up Chinese just like that.

[larchmont]

hehe in your days Flushing problly was a sleepy little town.
Nowadays if you grow up in Flushing you'd pick up Chinese just like that.
Actually I understand it's mostly Korean/Vietnamese??

Yes, it was different back then. I wouldn't say sleepy, but maybe kind of "midwestern," at least compared to Manhattan, which everybody called "the city."

Flushing actually was a mix of different things. Lots of apartment houses, lots of private homes. Many different ethnicities and colors, including some Asian although of course not like now. And a range of income levels, although nobody really poor and nobody extremely rich.

People in some other parts of Queens considered Flushing "tough" because we had black people. :D

[robert_tg]

Actually I understand it's mostly Korean/Vietnamese ?? .....

wha ?! no way jose ! when was the last time you were there ?
It's unbelievably Chinese since like several years back.

[larchmont]

wha ?! no way jose ! when was the last time you were there ?
It's unbelievably Chinese since like several years back.
Looks like you're right, or at least more right than I was.
Or maybe we both get half credit.

I was surprised how hard it was to find this out online. Did a couple of googles and looked at quite a few sites, and all I could find was that it has "large Chinese and Korean communities." Well, they do say "Chinese" first, so maybe it's the largest. Nothing about Vietnamese. I couldn't find any breakdown, or anything more specific at all.

But one thing I did come across was a list of famous people from Queens, maybe a couple dozen.
And would you believe, they include Ron Jeremy. :naughty:
Also 50-cent and Anthrax.

[PrecyseStylez]

Trenton NJ HERE!!

[thisisntandes]

Whats up kids. I'm in Long Island (Suffolk county). Just wondering how active this forum is with meeting up?

[larchmont]

Whats up kids. I'm in Long Island (Suffolk county). Just wondering how active this forum is with meeting up?
Welcome! Meeting up? Not much, not yet at least, although they've done more of it in some other regions. We seem mostly content to "meet" on here.

Where in Suffolk? I've been out there many times.

[robert_tg]

Whats up kids. I'm in Long Island (Suffolk county). Just wondering how active this forum is with meeting up?

welcome neighbor ! :wavey:

[Joker]

welcome neighbor ! :wavey:
Yes, hello and welcome thisisntandes :wavey:

[thisisntandes]

Thanks guys, Im from Brentwood. Which I guess you can consider western Suffolk.

[larchmont]

Yeah, and that sure ain't andes out there. :D

Larchmont, who's intrigued by that name. :nod:

[scratch-n-sniff]

Scarsdale here.. u kno where that is larch lol

[BDI]

wow............haven't been here in a while. 50% Rockland, NY 50% Forest Hills, NY

[larchmont]

Scarsdale here.. u kno where that is larch lol
Darn right! We're actually very close to Scarsdale, and go through there very often.

Larchmont, who's surprised that anybody in Scarsdale would pick scratch-n-sniff as a handle. :D

Even though I know Scarsdale is a lot more :cool: than its old reputation.


P.S. Hey, Booty Man, where you been?

[MemphisRheins]

Havent been in this forum for a while, but im on the Nassau Suffok border,

BTW, if theres any other I guess "Kids" from LI w/ TSX here PM me, me and another guy from the other forum were gonna try to arrange an all "Kid" Meet probibly over the winter break, none of the old guys to say how the TSX is a luxury car, powerslides/ peelouts are bad, ect, just some good old fashon fun, and car chat...

[larchmont]

Is 54 still a kid? :D

[scratch-n-sniff]

fortuatly i dont go to scarsdale i only unfortuatly live here.. and no ur worng scarsdalte still un-cool

[larchmont]

What's the difference between going to Scarsdale and living there? :D

(Sounds like some riddle, don't it?)

[APOGEE]

How much money in your wallet?

[larchmont]

I guess that's a hint about the Scarsdale riddle? :D

[APOGEE]

Yes Sir. I use to work there when I was in high school at an interior decorators. We were very busy. On a side note...there was a great German deli down the street that had an awesome chicken salad sandwich and a wonderful potato kanish...yummm.

[briny319]

Havent been in this forum for a while, but im on the Nassau Suffok border,

BTW, if theres any other I guess "Kids" from LI w/ TSX here PM me, me and another guy from the other forum were gonna try to arrange an all "Kid" Meet probibly over the winter break, none of the old guys to say how the TSX is a luxury car, powerslides/ peelouts are bad, ect, just some good old fashon fun, and car chat...

I'm up for a meet.

[Ackman]

Are we going to set up a meet??

[BDI]

any meets??

[larchmont]

any meets??
Good to see you, Booty Man!

If there was gonna be a good one, I'd be in.

BTW I see that "over there," they've been trying to set up a NY-area meet, but it's not getting anywhere.

Larchmont, who'd love to see BDI be Booty Man again. :D

[2004 royal]

if theres gonna be a meet it should be during the holidays or sumthin in a neutral area (just throwing ideas out)

[larchmont]

Hmmmm.....what do you mean by neutral area?

[2004 royal]

its ny, nj, & ct. so there would have to be a meeting in an equally accessable area

[toons01]

White Plains, NY here. picked up my TSX on 1/15/05. auto with Nav. first question (i'm gonna have more). I bought my car from a NJ dealership. but they drove the car in from PA. How do you know when the car was manufactured?

[larchmont]

White Plains, NY here. picked up my TSX on 1/15/05. auto with Nav. first question (i'm gonna have more). I bought my car from a NJ dealership. but they drove the car in from PA. How do you know when the car was manufactured?
I think some of the paperwork shows the "build date."
If not.....if you give us the VIN number (actually all we'd need is the last 5 digits), we could probably figure it out pretty closely.

What dealer in NJ?
(I got my previous car, '03 TL-S, from Montclair Acura. Which, oddly, is in Verona, not Montclair.) :D

BTW I lived in White Plains for 3 years, although that was a LONG TIME ago.
(Davis Ave.)

[Joker]

Hello, congrats, and welcome to the Club toons01 :wavey:

[johnej]

Welcome toons01

[toons01]

I couldn't find anything that said build date.

my last 6 VIN digits are 003821

any ideas?

There was an inspection document performed by the dealer on 12/27/04. I have a bunch of issues/questions that I will post in the General Topics forum.

I appreciate all the welcome feedback/info on this site. Still kinda nervous about owning a brand new car in NYC area. This is my second car purchase. My first was 12 years ago... a faithful Altima that gave me 223000 miles. anyway, looking forward toward enjoying the TSX!

[toons01]

sorry, forgot to mention that I bought my TSX from DCH Montclair Acura.

I had a referral from a friend. I was treated very well.

Since this is a regional board.... DCH is kinda far for me for service. Do any of you Westchester, NY owners recommend any dealers? Curry is closest...Larchmont isn't too far...my brother bought his MDX from there.

Did any of you purchase any service/protection plans? I think my brother gets every other oil change free if he continues to bring in his car during the scheduled periods.

thanks, again.

[larchmont]

.....my last 6 VIN digits are 003821
any ideas?....
OK, I think we can do this.
First of all, we have to know what the FIRST vin number is. I don't know if it begins exactly with 00001, but I do remember from the '04's that the numbers did start very low. There were people in the 100's. So let's assume it starts with 00001.
(Even if it doesn't -- let's say it started with 000100 -- that wouldn't really affect our calculation.)
Then we need to know when the first batch was built.
I think it was around Oct. 15 (2004).
Then we need to know how many they make per unit time.
Based on recent sales figures, a good guess would be ~3000/month.

So far, I'm pretty sure that's all pretty solid. This is where it gets a little harder.
I don't know how frequent the "build dates" are -- I'm pretty sure like it's not every day, but in batches. So it might be that there's a big batch on the first build date, then another big batch on the next, which might be a week or two weeks or a month later. So we're just winging it a little from here.

I would guess something like 11/20/04 for your car.

Someone else might be able to make a closer guess.
If Justin happens to take a look here, he could probably do better without even trying.


About service: I would highly recommend Westchester Acura, in Larchmont.
As I said, I got my previous car in NJ, and they serviced the car here as if it were their own. When it came time to buy a TSX, I didn't think of going anywhere else.

[LannyMCS]

I can't help narrow down a day, but the month is printed on the VIN label.....

http://img149.exs.cx/img149/6707/574453370rr.jpg

[robert_tg]

sorry, forgot to mention that I bought my TSX from DCH Montclair Acura.
I had a referral from a friend. I was treated very well.
Since this is a regional board.... DCH is kinda far for me for service. Do any of you Westchester, NY owners recommend any dealers? Curry is closest...Larchmont isn't too far...my brother bought his MDX from there.
Did any of you purchase any service/protection plans? I think my brother gets every other oil change free if he continues to bring in his car during the scheduled periods.
thanks, again.


I bought mine from Manhattan, soured relationship with local dealer so had 1st service done at Bedford Hills Acura - I like that dealer. The drive down from my home to BH is very enjoyable.

[larchmont]

I can't help narrow down a day, but the month is printed on the VIN label.....

http://img149.exs.cx/img149/6707/574453370rr.jpg
Good work Lanny!

I guess that's the thing on the edge of the driver's door???

I'll take a look to see.

Sure is easier than all my calculations. But my calculations are more fun. :D

So whaddya say, toons -- is it Nov. '04? (I figure it's gotta be that, give or take a month.)

[toons01]

yep... sticker says 11/04

[larchmont]

Tank you veddy much. :bowdown1:

[neckbone]

New member. Checking in from Clifton, NJ. I got my TSX from DCH Montclair. I have a Satin Silver, ebony interior, no nav, 6 speed manual. Woot!

-Ralph-

[Jays98cobra]

Names Jay from Toms River NJ...Have a Carbon Grey Six speed with out nav. fully tinted out 20% 3 days after i bought it back in february...only mods so far. looking for nice set of wheels and maybe a wing...dont know yet...anyways i live 5 minutes from where i work...SHPD...and my car is usually there so if u see it during the summer parked outside HQ thats me :)

[bigjorge3g]

Upstate NY

[amadeus303]

Mike from Freehold, NJ... Waiting on a NBP 6MT w/ Navi, OEM body kit, and A-Spec suspension. Waiting for it is like jumping on a bicycle with no seat - painful! Anywho, I'm purchasing my TSX from Bridgewater Acura... referred by Stoli on this board (Thanks buddy!).

[Joker]

Waiting for it is like jumping on a bicycle with no seat - painful!
Yikes :eek:
That can't be good :laugh: