Acura 3.5 RL 1998

This is an awesome vehicle, and it should be for $35,000. Quiet on the open road and enough power to lose my brother, who tried to follow me through the streets of San Francisco (on our way to Dougie's wedding). I always lost him at the crest of a hill--when I'd hang a quick left while I was out of his sight (avoid the use of turn signals while performing this maneuver). This car also has an amazing satellite-based Global Positioning System (GPS) with a touch screen. You enter the street address of your (hoped-for) destination and it takes you there. A street map appears (because it knows where you are). Map and voice directions guide you through every left and right. Awesome! You hear this female voice (with a slight Japanese accent) saying, "Reft turn at next intersection, Yank." After I figured out what a reft turn was it was flawless. (Except for the time my brother drove and, for his destination he enters, "buffet table." What a moron!) And, if you screw up, it maps a new route (after the Japanese lady says, "Oh you dummy! You missed the turn! But I can fix it, you rucky guy.")

This car replaces the Acura Legend. And it's everything the Legend ever was: a near-perfect vehicle. It's smooth, quiet, roomy and handles like a dream. My only objection to this vehicle is the name. Now why in the world would you give up a perfect name like "Legend" and replace it with a number? A 3.5? 3.5?? Now, I ask you.

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