Finally! (got it)

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Hogan773

Discussion Starter · 3 mo ago

After almost 2 months since I agreed the price, finally picked up my Elite Blk/Blk today.

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Really enjoying it thus far. Still need to spend some time in the menus and settings but I was able to easily link the phone while sitting outside the dealer and use Android Auto for the way home. Sound system sounds great. Drives and shifts smoothly. Very quiet vs our older Odyssey!

FAVORITE part? all the radar cruise/LKAS etc. I turned it all on for the highway ride home and was amazed at how you have all these little car icons alongside your Pilot icon on the dash, and the cars are the real actual vehicles being spotted by the system so you see what is in the lanes beside you as well as ahead of you, and the one you are tracking speed on is highlighted in green. It's like a fighter jet!

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As earlier predicted, I don't like the HUD so just turned it off. Just too distracting and unnecessary for my taste.

Look at that engine bay! Lots of room to work in there for DIYers. A little hard to see in the picture, but on the left side you are looking down at the wheel well so lots of open space around the timing belt covers etc.

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Unfortunately we just had snow here last night so I'm sure the new Pilot just got a nice road chemicals bath....oh well.....

Looking forward to driving it more!

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Hogan773

Discussion Starter · #8 · 3 mo ago

ScottMN said:
Hey look, there IS an engine temp gauge.

YES

I was thinking this while driving....thinking I need to find the post about the "non existent temp gauge" and say ummmm, it's right there....it's not even part of the digital screen, it's there allllll the time haha

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Hogan773

Discussion Starter · #9 · 3 mo ago

devmechster said:
Finally. Congrats Hogan, the most vocal guy on Piloteers and even more so on MDXers.

Haha for sure

Although I've taken some time away from MDXers -- except I couldn't resist poking a little fun at that Canadian dude who has literally been pleasuring himself all over his new Type S and even named it "My Shadow Hunter" haha. I think I need to just go post a pic of my car along with some badass mysterious name that I call it!

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Hogan773

Discussion Starter · #12 · 3 mo ago

keangabriel0830 said:
Hogan, were you able to ask your dealer about the hitch cover recall?

yes, I did. The sales guy is super nice but there was definitely deer in the headlights and "umm, I haven't heard anything about that". He did speculate (like I had) as to whether that was why my car was sitting around Alamaba for several weeks after being built while they waited to do the hitch PPO....perhaps they had an issue with those covers and were waiting several weeks to get the right ones?

I haven't looked closely underneath the hitch install as it is cold and wet outside here, but I will. But I'm not sure what would be "recalled" about the plastic cover that is on my unit. It is a plastic cover.

Separately, I see what someone was saying about using the plastic plug for the hitch....my hitch is certainly "open" on the forward facing side. I will need to go look at our Odyssey but I felt like that one was closed in front, but I may be wrong. But since this one is open and thus moisture is going to get in there anyway, I see the advice about leaving the rear side open so it can dry better

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Hogan773

Discussion Starter · #14 · 3 mo ago

So I just drove around with my son and we wanted to try out the Low Speed Following or whatever you call it. FREAKY. Just driving around on these 35mph streets and I didn't touch the gas pedal nor the brake pedal for miles (although I was hovering over the brakes every time it needed to slow down). The Pilot will just slow and then stop when the car in front does, and then will start up from a stop once the car ahead starts accelerating again. Cool! Never had anything like these radar-assisted things in any car prior. Reality is I am not going to use it around town because it takes more energy to worry if the car is going to screw up and not stop....BUT if I commuted to work on a stop and go traffic....would be GOLDEN to use that feature.....

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Hogan773

Discussion Starter · #17 · 3 mo ago

cintocrunch said:
Congrats! You’ve provided a lot of great information on the 4th gens already so please stick around as you learn more and work with the vehicle.

I love the color combo, the silver and chrome gives it a premium look to my taste.

make sure you post up on the MDX forum what you got.

Thanks, I sure will. I won't have to do a DIY hitch but I will be doing DIY maintenance going forward.

Feels like a bunch of these are now starting to come in....I think we will see more on the road soon enough.....

One thing I am looking at is the rear storage. As of right now, I think I prefer the "lower" tray position as I think it will be better to hold groceries etc. Unless I end up fitting some folding chairs etc below that space with the tray in the "upper" position....will play with both I guess. (Note that the panel can be turned to the carpeted side or the hard side in either the upper or lower position...flexible design

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Hogan773

Discussion Starter · #19 · 3 mo ago

TexAg91 said:
My 2022 Pilot has that feature too (carpet or plastic, reversable cover), it's a nice touch that you'll enjoy.

Quick question on your radar cruise control. On the speedometer pic below, the green carrot represents the set speed (70 MPH). Do you know if the green bar represents the speed of the vehicle in front you? In the picture below, it looks you are matching the speed of the vehicle in front of you. However, as you came up on the slower car, and before your Pilot began to slow, did that green bar show up on your speedometer (i.e., the white needle would have been on 70 MPH, and the left end of the green bar that appeared would have ended at 55 MPH). My GLE has that feature, and it's a great feature in my opinion as it gives you an indication of closing speed -- it also shows up on the HUD -- does it do the same on your Pilot HUD. It appears like your Elite Pilot may have those same features, have you noticed how it works?
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Good question re: the green bar spanning between 55 and 70 here. I also notice (not in this picture) that when the system picks up the local speed limit sign, it puts a little red carrot on the speedometer at the limit speed. I will do some driving with the ACC and see what that green bar is doing. The other green "haze" on the gauges is the Eco indicator that glows more when you are driving fuel efficiently. I turned that feature off later as I like a cleaner look and will drive however I drive, I don't need the green glow helping to guide me haha

Note also that the Elite has 4 different gauge settings....this one is "Round". They also have "bars" where the tach is a vertical bar to the far left, and the speedo is a vertical bar to the far right. Makes for a more open screen. I just tend to like the dials and seeing the needles move around so I opted for Round. There are 2 other settings where the dials disappear when you enter the active cruise control mode

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Hogan773

Discussion Starter · #22 · 3 mo ago

WayneM. said:
Auto start- O F F !

Sharp eye my laddie

Indeed I did press that little button as I do get annoyed with the auto stop

In reading the manual it is interesting to see the list of conditions where the Auto Stop never happens....and those include running in Sport Mode (or Snow, Tow, Sand, and some others if I recall). So I guess if you switch to one of those modes then you don't need to worry about the engine shutting off either. I thought it was interesting that it does that in Sport Mode even.

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Hogan773

Discussion Starter · #23 · 3 mo ago

WayneM. said:
I didn’t realize that the rear cover can be installed at a lower level

yes it kind of makes it feel a little more capacious (like the Odyssey I'm coming from, although obviously the Odyssey has a REALLY deep trunk....)

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Hogan773

Discussion Starter · #24 · 3 mo ago

Another plus for this 23 Pilot - the headlights are WHITE and BRIGHT!

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Hogan773

Discussion Starter · #27 · 3 mo ago

stieny said:
The green bar indicates the cruise set speed VS the adaptive radars actual speed. In this pic, the cruise is set to 70 but the adaptive is picking up the car doing 55 and following that.

Ah so the green bar visualizes how much faster the car can potentially go vs where it is now.

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Hogan773

Discussion Starter · #30 · 3 mo ago

RB101DJ said:
OMG NO 😲 YOU CANT PARK THAT CAR AT A GROCERY STORE!! 🤣
Those parking spaces out in no man's land is for vehicles like this 🤟

Haha what do you think I am driving? An Acura? Haha

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Hogan773

Discussion Starter · #32 · 3 mo ago

stieny said:
Possibly. More importantly, did you name her yet? 🤣

Dunno need to have a couple beers and collect my thoughts. I don't know how to top My Shadow Hunter. All suggestions considered. And for some reason I never think of my cars as she and her haha

Midnight Demon?
Night Fury?
Dark Spirit?
Black Licorice?

Also unlike some of the Acura owners I have really fallen down on the job. I have owned the car for 10 hours already and yet I haven't already had it taken in for thousands of dollars of PPF and Ceramics and new wheels and stuff 😃

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Hogan773

Discussion Starter · #33 · 3 mo ago

Also I want to pick up some simple clean black license plate frames. The ones I have on our Accord were metal and they chip over time. But people say the silicone ones pick up dirt? Anyone have luck with anything specific?

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Hogan773

Discussion Starter · #37 · 3 mo ago

stieny said:
Oh, you gotta go with midnight demon. It sounds rich and mean at the same time. Now all you need is some expensive acessories (IE: 24” rims, neon under glow, plastidip your emblems) and make sure you tell us how much it costs and how it makes the best SUV just that much better.

I can’t offer a ton of advise on this as I have never been a huge fan of plate frames. But that’s partially because I have a black plate that they no long make that is grandfathered in and I don’t wanna cover it up. Plus, I think no frame looks cleaner even with the screw heads showing. I just run a nice stainless steel screw to ensure they don’t corrode or rust.

Haha yeah dudes are already spending thousands to mod their cars and I am looking for a plastic license plate frame haha, and I am gonna get myself some kind of ceramic spray too and start this car out right.

I hear you on the plate covers. Do you know the screw size? The ones that came from my dealer are yellowish silver which I assume isn't gonna be a true stainless but probably a zinc. I agree it would be nice look to get true stainless that won't rust up over time

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Hogan773

Discussion Starter · #44 · 3 mo ago

WayneM. said:
This FRICTION with the MDX folk. Is this real? If you read one of my early posts, I explain that I was trying to brand stack and I thought the MDX was similar in platform to a Pilot, like American cars once were. Well, the folks at the Acura dealer weren’t thrilled when they learned the reason for my visit there- to learn about a more premium Pilot.

It's sort of become a personal joke to me and maybe some others who have been on both sites. When I was cross shopping the MDX and Pilot and posting over on MDXers, there were a number of guys over there who are in apparent denial about the family lineage and similarity in platforms and performance between the Acura and the Honda. It was interesting to me to watch their reasoning for how the Acura is so much more different and "premium." I never claimed they were the same cars at all, or that the Pilot is better, but facts are facts and while I like the MDX a lot too, the 2023 Pilot, especially in the upper trims, gets to a very similar offering (all the features) plus it offers a more useable 3rd row, a less cluttered dash and console because it drops the "trackpad" thingy for a normal touchscreen, etc. Setting aside the Type S, the normal MDX has the same engine as Pilot and so is going to have basically same performance. So it was just interesting to hear the reasoning on why the regular MDX is such an undisputably "better" choice, and a lot of it resides in peoples' view of Acura as a brand, and maybe a little more upscale interior etc.

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Discussion Starter · #50 · 3 mo ago

stieny said:
I don’t think anyone wanted someone to say ”oh crap, I bought the wrong vehicle

Originally, there were some very constructive threads started to just talk about straight comparisons of both. I know Hogan, like myself, was considering both the MDX and the Pilot. So it’s pretty natural to try and research both on each board. I think it morphed into more then it should have been from the extreme overreaction from a lot of them.

The conversation quickly turned into “why would you ask Pilot VS MDX questions on this board“ all the way to “you’re just mad because you can’t afford an Acura”.

This was all in legitment threads to discuss which car might work better for someone. There was no open adult dialogue, just a bunch of entitled people telling you how poor you are. It was pretty comical actually.

yes, I think that was the most disappointing (and triggering) thing for me....a few guys going from being super defensive of their "brand" to then outright dissing like because I was considering a Honda and especially because at one point I was considering the mid-trim rather than the top-trim, then I am just some poor sap who can't afford to even feed my family let alone buy a new car, and certainly I wasn't welcome at the "country club" where these MDXers were gathering. Not only was it insulting but it is a bit of an eye-roller that some of these guys wanna act like Acura carries some prestige like a Bentley or even BMW. I like Acura for what it is and I would be very proud to own one, but to me it would be because I am getting a very nice vehicle that also comes with the Honda build quality and expected reliability, not because I think that people are gonna assume I am driving my vehicle out to the airport so I can board my personal Gulfstream jet for a trip to the home in Aspen....

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Discussion Starter · #51 · 3 mo ago

ScottMN said:
With the cargo tray in the lower position, are you able to put the dividers in, or partially in? I've only seen them in when the cargo cover is in the upper position. I'm hoping they can be used to keep grocery bags from tipping over.

YES! Apparently you can.....

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Hogan773

Discussion Starter · #53 · 3 mo ago

Liking this car more and more

My wife just got her turn to drive to dinner, and for the first time in oh about 8 years she elbowed me out of the way and wanted to also drive home haha (she typically doesn't like driving and always just heads to the passenger seat when we are together)

We had some other family members with us so I took the opportunity to spend some time riding in the 3rd row. I am 6 ft tall and it was really pretty comfortable. Not like "I'm really cramped but I am going to tell myself I'm not that cramped because I want to like my new car" but more like "wow this really isn't so bad back here....lots of headroom and a large enough 3rd window to avoid any feeling of claustrophobia, and my legs aren't even touching the seats ahead of me."
The fact that the rear seats have a few notches of recline helps too. I did notice what someone else was talking about in another thread...the 3rd row window was fogging up a little on the inside. Not a huge issue but I was thinking about the other thread when I saw it happening. Also interesting that the overhead reading lights seem to be touch-controlled rather than physical click-on/click-off. I also had an opportunity to try out the second row heated seat. It took a while to heat up but once it did it was quite warm. I feel like the heated front seats in our 2014 Accord work more quickly.

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Discussion Starter · #58 · 3 mo ago

bs0755 said:
Same here—I just couldn’t get past that dash…

WayneM. said:
The GM at the Acura dealer did a great job of identifying his brand, and informed me that Acura is indeed an “American satisfaction” brand and that in Japan, there is no Acura, just Honda. The insult came when he tried pulling us over to his CPO MDX’s “maybe this is more in line with your means” type of statement. Bottom line is that, even if the MDX were cheaper in price, we wouldn’t have gone for it. We both didn’t like the fancy/ futuristic dash and electronics.

100%

I like the MDX but while riding in the 3rd row of our new Pilot last night it was confirmed I made the right choice for me. 3rd row very comfortable. I gazed on the 2nd row console with seat heater controls. The removable center seat same as the MDX. I looked at the little walkaway tailgate close button and recall seeing the exact same button in a picture at MDXers. I enjoyed the soft ambient lighting across the cabin and the LED reading lights. I looked further ahead to the front dash and much prefer the clean look vs MDX. Nice clean console that isn't space constrained with the silly trackpad and wrist rest that goes with it. And NO dumb giant chrome drive mode dial right smack in the middle of the whole dashboard.

I am really glad I didn't spring for the MDX about a year ago when I was looking, and chose to wait to see what the new Pilot was going to look like. For the price of a lower trim MDX I got much much more of everything with the Pilot Elite.

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