- Wed Aug 08, 2012 4:37 pm
#313064
Things have been so busy with the baby that I haven't had the chance to take any nice pics of my new to me family car...
Here's a few from my phone though.
The day I got it - front plate came off shortly after.
K24a2 w/ 6 speed manual. It's nowhere close to the boosted D I'm used to, but it can still move. The gears are very close ratio. Under normal (slow) driving, I'm usually in 6th just after 40 mph.
With all the weight it has to pull, you really have to get up in the RPM's for it to feel fast. Pretty rare for me as I'm always trying to get the best MPG - around 32 mpg so far with about 2/3 of that being highway.
I did NOT want a black car... but after looking for a few months for white w/ black interior + 6 speed and realizing that they are next to impossible to find, I came across this car on CL and it was too good of a deal to pass up.
Here it is looking good for the first hour after a wash.
I didn't care for the wheels at all... they look too soft and luxurious IMO. I'd like to get something more sporty in 18". But that would look dumb if it was not lowered. So it looks like the wheels/suspension will be stock for the foreseeable future. The wheels look better to me now after I got used to them.
Window tint is going to happen though. It's been a hot summer and black leather + aluminum shift knob = burns
There's not much I'm motivated to do to this car right now, which is good since I don't have the time/$. It's a great balance of sporty, luxury, economical, practical and kinda fun. It has double wishbone suspension so it handles well as-is. It's fun to go through the gears. The interior is my favorite thing about the car... probably because I've never owned a 'luxury' car before. (I quoted luxury because the Acura TSX is really just a re-badged european Honda Accord). It probably has more to do with never owning anything before that wasn't made in the 80's or 90's. It has all the power options which I'm not used to and AC which I never realized how nice it was until I have it! Other than color and auto or manual, the only option avail for the TSX is the Navigation- which mine doesn't have.
I wanted a TL because it was a little bigger; baby seat is a tight fit in the back of the TSX. But everything else about the TSX is a perfect family sedan.
TL got worse MPG, was more expensive and manual tranny TL's are really hard to find.
The best thing about the Acura TSX is that it's a Honda
Here's a few from my phone though.
The day I got it - front plate came off shortly after.
K24a2 w/ 6 speed manual. It's nowhere close to the boosted D I'm used to, but it can still move. The gears are very close ratio. Under normal (slow) driving, I'm usually in 6th just after 40 mph.
With all the weight it has to pull, you really have to get up in the RPM's for it to feel fast. Pretty rare for me as I'm always trying to get the best MPG - around 32 mpg so far with about 2/3 of that being highway.
I did NOT want a black car... but after looking for a few months for white w/ black interior + 6 speed and realizing that they are next to impossible to find, I came across this car on CL and it was too good of a deal to pass up.
Here it is looking good for the first hour after a wash.
I didn't care for the wheels at all... they look too soft and luxurious IMO. I'd like to get something more sporty in 18". But that would look dumb if it was not lowered. So it looks like the wheels/suspension will be stock for the foreseeable future. The wheels look better to me now after I got used to them.
Window tint is going to happen though. It's been a hot summer and black leather + aluminum shift knob = burns
There's not much I'm motivated to do to this car right now, which is good since I don't have the time/$. It's a great balance of sporty, luxury, economical, practical and kinda fun. It has double wishbone suspension so it handles well as-is. It's fun to go through the gears. The interior is my favorite thing about the car... probably because I've never owned a 'luxury' car before. (I quoted luxury because the Acura TSX is really just a re-badged european Honda Accord). It probably has more to do with never owning anything before that wasn't made in the 80's or 90's. It has all the power options which I'm not used to and AC which I never realized how nice it was until I have it! Other than color and auto or manual, the only option avail for the TSX is the Navigation- which mine doesn't have.
I wanted a TL because it was a little bigger; baby seat is a tight fit in the back of the TSX. But everything else about the TSX is a perfect family sedan.
TL got worse MPG, was more expensive and manual tranny TL's are really hard to find.
The best thing about the Acura TSX is that it's a Honda
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