My wife has a 2005 Acura TL with 93k miles. She is the original owner and takes good care of the car. She doesn’t travel far very often but occasionally will take a 250 mile trip to the coast. She asks me, “Is it safe and is the car sufficiently reliable to use for a long trip.” It’s always been…

Tough call. Kind of depends on your finances. Anything, on any car, can fail at anytime.

However, there is the variable of age. A newer car would be worth the expense of repair. Since the car is 15 years old, wouldn’t that be important to consider?

You either trust your car and keep up on the maintenance and keep driving it or You don’t trust it, and replace it. A 15 year old well maintained with only 93,000 miles, probably has another 15 years and 93,000 left in it

93K on an Acura is barely break-in miles. Sure the age is an issue but a minor one. Age affects primarily beauty items… paint upholstery ect. The engine and trans, if properly maintained don’t care how old they are. Make sure her cell phone is charged and has a signal for the entire trip and she ha…

I’d have a trusted mechanic inspect it. How old (years) are the tires?

I had an '07 with many more miles than yours. The only big problem I had with it was a snapped axle. The driver side axle has a rubber vibration dampening ring on it, and salt got up under it and rusted the metal. Minnesota winters are hell on cars. The part was $250 (new from Honda), and the labor …

You might click around here to see what problems others owners have had, transmission is high on the list most years: [image] Acura TL Problems Compare Acura TL complaints, problems, & worst model years. There are 350 complaints on file for the Acura TL.

I’ve had/have three Acuras and all have been very problem free but I never kept them longer than 60,000 miles or so. I have tended to drive cars many hundreds of thousands of miles though but the thing is at that age it is impossible to predict if a problem would develop. Chances are no but things…

One reason why it is difficult to give a fully-reassuring answer to the OP is because the following statement will mean vastly different things to different people: [image] ChuckFloyd: takes good care of the car Without wanting to offend the OP, I have to state that every negligent car owner…

2005 Acura TL - OK for long trips?

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davepsinbox_157004 April 30, 2020, 12:18am 3

Acuras are generally reliable and 93k really isn’t a lot these days. If you trade up you’ll probably get stuff like auto braking and blind spot monitoring but only you and your wife can decide how important they are.

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2005 Acura TL - OK for long trips?

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