Last time I watched this video, I dreamed of owning a TL Type S. Now I own one, and it's even more awesome than I thought it would be, the hype is real 👍

Fuck.. I get such a heavy feeling when I see someone with a missing limb. Can't imagine how hard life must be for them. Kudos to this guy for having such a great attitude and still trying his best to be a car enthusiast.

this guy was mad chill, one of the best videos

I have a 2006 TL 5AT w 160k easy freeway miles. The car continues to be rock solid and fun to drive. My mods: AEM V2 intake, 3.7L throttle body from the ZDX, 3.7L magnesium intake that maintains the VVI configuration, a 1” manifold spacer (adds torque output), ATLP J pipe, high-flow mid CAT, Greddy stage 3 exhaust system w 1/4” dia. increase over factory, mandrel bent SS piping, resonator & mid-muffler deletes, and Greddy flow-through silencer cans. Also equipped w Denso iridium plugs, Koni suspension, Comptech rear sway bar, upgraded brake pads, cross-drilled & ventilated rotors, and upgraded engine mounts (mid-stiffness range between stock & track). Of the mods, the engine mounts and the sway bar were the best performance adder values. Strengths of the car: Launches very quick...engine mounts eliminate most of the engine lash associated with transverse mounted FWD motors...it’s equivalent to adding lots of extra hp during initial acceleration. Also, the sway bar improves an already superbly cornering car...probably the TL’s greatest strength (stock is .94 lateral g’s). That may seem high per Acura’s claim, but few sedans can hang w the TL when pushing hard through corners. Overall, my car is quick, but not a standout; probably ~ 0-60 on high 5s to 6 sec where it would be quicker we’re it not for the 5 speed tranny. However, the car launches on par with something in the mid 5 second range. Weaknesses: The 5 speed transmission only because it drops out of the power band in 4th gear until reaching ~ 105 mph when VTEC engages...it pulls harder again to top end. Also, the turning radius in parking lots is horrible. Were I to add anything else, it would be Bisimoto, hot street cams with KMS Honda Performance Engineering’s stiffer valve sorings, guides & retainers. Such would add about 20-25 hp per Bisimoto claims. Noteworthy is that the 6spd mt TL is a different breed of cat apart from the AT models. Aside from substantial gains with the extra gear, the Hondata module allows for tuning to optimize the mods. My mods bolted onto on a 6spd mt + cams would easily enable 5 sec. 0-60 times or better. This is a daily driver for me, a 65 yr old, CA to TX transplant.

In H.S. this was like one of my dream cars. It may not be a super car or anythin' like that, but for a teen this was like my goto "nice car I can possibly afford one day". I'm still going to get one. I love that body-style of the '04-'07 TL. It was way ahead of its time.

our prayers have been answered, a tl type s is finally selected

This dude Oscar has a better attitude than nearly everybody in my town I swear. (Mostly high end upper class business people) and he has WAY less. This made my day. Also his car is fucking rad. That rear end looks really clean with the quad tips. Reminds me of a good ol fat GT500 booty. xD

I've wanted one of these since the day they came out. One of the nicest looking, performing vehicles Acura has made other than the NSX and Integra.

I just bought this car 3 weeks ago. Glad to see it on here!

THE DAY HAS COME BOYS. So glad to see Matt taking out more of our TL's ;)

finally figured out why I'm always jumping my car and buying a new battery every year. thank you.

Best car in the street acura tl-s 2007-2008👏

A man with one hand and still knows how to and wants to drive a stick shift that's amazing pay attention kids learn to drive a stick

This was the last good looking acura IMO

That V6 sound is dope. If mine would sound like that.

TL's are great, i have an 07 3.2 with 303,000 miles and it runs flawlessly

Well set up bolt-ons, and looks well sorted. Obviously he loves his ride and takes pride in it. Keep them coming Matt.

This generation of the TL has stood the test of time very well. And some audio mods really bring out some great noise. A very impressive effort from Acura!

These videos are so simple yet I always end up watching the whole thing. Love this series, its genius.

This guy is awesome. Upbeat and always laughing, seems like a cool guy to hang out with. Wonder what kind of electric he drives

Matt, this was easily one of the best videos you've ever done. Way to treat the driver like just another enthusiast. And his car looks like it was a blast to drive in the canyons!

my mom's 08 tl has 210k on the clock and it still looks mint. still runs great too. only thing major done on it was an ac compressor.

This car is sweet, at least this guy shakes your hand lol

I was about to say something negative about it being an automatic, but given the circumstances no hate at all. Very proud of this guy for modding the car to his liking, and it sounds/performs great. Love it.

What a fucking cool dude and talk about a even cooler ride, kudos to the homie. Bless up yall, be safe :)

Still got my Nighthawk Black Pearl 07' TL-S. Runs like a champ at 167k daily driven. Just can't seem to wanna get rid of it for anything else.

You just reviewed my car (with a couple minor differences), on my favorite road! Amazing! Mine's an '08, non-S, automatic, with 117,000 miles, bone-stock. I can confirm everything said in this video. My dad bought this car new, so I've seen it as it has aged... it was a fantastic car off the lot, and it's a fantastic car now. Whenever anyone asks what car I recommend under $20,000, I always say this and the Infiniti G37. As total packages, they are unparalleled. Thanks to this video, I need to do some research into two items: new transmission fluid, and paddle shifters on a non-Type-S car. I drive mine exclusively in manumatic mode, and I've tossed around the idea of fiddling with the wiring to make the shift directions correct (pull to upshift, push to downshift), but having paddles would be just sublime. And of course if it shifted a bit faster that would be nice too haha. Great review, many happy healthy miles Oscar!

at 2:58 "CAN YOU DRIVE A STICK? In Europe its more like " Have you tried an Automatic?" :P

just picked up this same exact color combo with 6 speed manual and i love it, great review.

Hands down my favorite one take, thank you both Oscar and Matt

Watching this one take in FIU's library, probably one of my favorite acuras ever made. Slow gearbox but its actually surprisingly cool to see that the AT blips the throttle.

The 3G TL Type-S is still my favorite body style of the TL. I do like the improvements made to the 2012+ TL, but I still like the 2007-08 more on the outside anyway.

Big ups to you OSCAR! Love how missing an hand doesn't affect your attitude and your love for cars!!

This guys awesome!!! Badass to see him so out going and not letting anything hold him back!

Really awesome video, Matt. As a TL owner and enthusiast myself, this was very interesting to watch, and it made me quite jealous of Oscar's TL, ha! Speaking of Oscar, what a chill dude!

Good review Matt! And bravo to the TL's owner for having such a positive attitude and obvious pride of ownership!

FINALLY!! Do you know how long I've been waiting for someone to bring you this car??!?!?!

Damn what a humbling video. No matter how bad things can get i am lucky enough to be able to drive manual day to day. God bless you Oscar

you know what. more respect for this channel. you know why? they didn't over play the 'one handed driver'. he is awesome even handicapped. bravo much respect and keep them coming

Oscar is easily of the best, if not the best guest that's been on One Takes. Such a positive and great personality. Bad ass as hell he can drive stick with one arm too.

Good attitude from that dude. Good on ya.

Awesome guy and a great car! Always liked this gen of the TL.

Nice TL and sounds really good. Nice vid !!

I have much respect for Acura making the TL and Tsx, there such great cars.

The stock HP for the TL type-S (3.5L) is 286, 258 for the 3.2L :)

Gotta give a hand to this guy, he's got a great car

This is the video that made me buy my '08 TL-S, which has been the best car I've owned thus far. This video came out, and as soon as Matt said he would recommend it, I began searching AutoTrader. It was a Friday night, and I found a MINT condition '08 about 100km away from me - posted by a VW dealer earlier that day. I called them up in the morning, and drove down. Test drove the car, and bought it the next day. Best purchase I've ever made. } Thank you Matt and Oscar. This review really helped me decide.

I need a type s in my life. I have a 04 auto and love it, just wish it was a type s.

This is a Acura classic!!! Back when they made good cars! Wow

awesome video, beautiful car, super chill dude

Pretty cool these come with padel shift's it's a shame that a lot of lower budget sportier cars don't come with them i myself am paralyzed and it always bothers me when people give others flake for driving auto's when they are just so much safer and practical for those with disabilities.

Much respect for his build due to what he had gone through.

Mad respect for this guy

Love the discussion around the 3rd and 4th gear pressure switches. Same issue in my 07 type s. Same goes towards the blue tooth/sun roof module lol

These cars are amazing believe that. I have 2004 TL and man it's amazing

Great video! I'm in a 2015 Audi S3 for almost two years now but still fondly remember my last car; an '05 Acura TL with the 6-speed manual. It was running strong and almost looked like new at close to 120,000 miles. Sold private party for $9,700 to first guy who looked at it. Not fast compared to the S3, but the TL did sound about 1,000% better! :)

Been driving my '08 5AT TL-S for over 2 years now, and yes, it does make an excellent daily driver. Been extremely reliable as well, as the only thing I've had to replace to keep the car running is a bad battery. There's a reason Consumer Reports put this car on their best of the best used cars list. The newer TL's and Accords can be faster, sure, but they don't touch this car in looks.

Honda/Acura J Series V6 Engines are Excellent engines and it sounds so beautiful.

in my opinion, what really makes this one takes really good are the owners! Someone who is able to have a nice conversation with Farah... When i see those one takes that the owners don't really speak, it looks really awkard... More owners like this one!

love these cars always wanted one

They are tremendous value indeed. Color is perfect.

The sound is awesome

this was my dream car, i got the Moroccan red pearl type s, i recently just sold it for a factory a spec, 6 speed, redondo red pearl > 90k miles :*

i have the 2007 TL Type S 6 speed carbon bronze pearl. i love it!

These Type S makes a perfect combination of daily driver and a fun car!

I've always wanted to drive the TL Type S. I love how this generation TL looks, especially the Type S. I'm a huge Civic Si fan, this is the one car from Acura that had that sporty feel to me from those years. Don't see too many on the road. Dude in my area really wanted to race one of these. He drives a 6th Gen Nisaan Maxima, it's quick. Really want to see the two cars go head to head.

Favorite Acura after the Legend. Man those were beautiful.

One of, if not the best looking sedan(s) of all time.

what time do you usually put videos up? lately is has been around 8am here in eastern Canada, just in time to catch before class! keep up the good work

...and its in the best color, too! Type-S Blue TL is my second favorite Acura ever.

Always loved these and the gen type s before it, would have been awesome if it was RWD

I have a 2007 black TL-Type S in manual. LOVE IT. Excellent car

I have driven Nissan- X-trail for over ten years. It is so nice !

love this channel

i really like the 03 TL type S. that body style is so sick.

Cool car, cool owner, nice vid!

Easily the loveliest looking sedan they made and one of my favorite sedans behind the E39 and the Alfa 159, (Purely based on aesthetics.)

That exhaust is fire

Gotta love this generation in a type-s. Matt, on that note find an 06' infiniti G35!!!

Damn this motivated me to modify my TL-S now

That lambo in the background tho...

Completely wiped these things off my radar, definitely will be taking a second look after this though.

Love this show I wish I could have my car on here :(

I had an 08 TL-S Moroccan Red for 1.5 year amazing car I'm a die hard manual guy that owns a FG2 Si right now and frankly this was the best 4 Door Acura non Type R by far as a DD. Frankly the AT on this car for its time was pretty decent it had good downshift blimps. Now Honda give us a TLX-S with that 8 Speed DCT and 6 Speed MT you'll get legions of TSX and TL fans coming back to you.

had H&Rs on my 08 they were okay. but I upgraded to tein street advance and with tucked wheels the ride is amazing couldn't be happier.

I like this car. great review !

Thank goodness it's not a Evo or STI, those fanboys are the worst

Sounds so good

This is the best sedan Acura has ever made. Great power, extremely reliable, good looking, comfortable.

The sound of it, so HoooooNda!

That guy was awsome!

Love this thing. Still don’t know if I should’ve got one of these or my 335.

Car sounds great

I love all tl models

At least it's not a awkward handshake like I saw in the Paralympics haha

wakes Me up in the morning

I love my TL.

Fun to think the Type S is returning

I'd love to find a mint one of these. What cars do you guys think are comparable. Reliable, quick, and Japanese (but USDM).

On my second TL type s love this car