I finally found a 6MT TSX to test drive, and I was really disappointed in the throws on it. I didn't expect them to be as short as the 6MT on my S2000, but I feel like the throws on the TSX are as long as my old Civic. I really expected a sportier feel that that. Heck even the 6MT TL (that I drive right after the TSX) seemed to have marginally shorter throws. I was just curious if anyone else feels the same?

 

Sure do, that's why I got the Comptech shortshifter

http://www.comptechusa.com/store/560010.html

 

I feel the same way, I am planning on getting a comptech ss kit this week.

 

I guess if you really want to complain you can always do about the throws, but I thought until now it was wonderful compared to my previous Accords.

Granted, the TSX is no S2000...

 

Hey, I've looked around for 10 minutes and I can't find a way to post a new thread...can someone help me out?

 

no way
the MT throws are for sure shorter than ur civic....

i forgot the exact figuars
but i know the MT on the tsx is abut 4mm longer than the S2k...

 

Oh, and I like my shifter...

 

click on the button that looks like this at the top of the forums

 

no way. My last 5-spd car was a 88 blazer. Now THOSE were some long shifts

 

shorter throws than a supposedly "sportier" 01 Z3 3.0 as well.

 

Thanks Brooks!

 

the shifter was short compared to my previous accord, however I can't compare to sports cars. My Neuspeed SS makes it perferct and crisp however.

 

I read that the throws on the new 6MT are 45mm, and are as short as Honda has ever done, except for the NSX andS2K......I found it interesting that they say "as short as", implying that other models have been the same; maybe the RSX or the new TL?

The big difference for me between the TSX and the S2K is the angle that you approach the shifter at. The S2K allows me to lay my arm out flat on the center console and wrap my hand around it, so that I can shift without moving my arm at all, just my wrist. The center console on the TSX is in the way, and so I have to use my entire arm.

 

I feel the throws on my TSX are shorter than the throws on my RSX. No complaints here.

 

I thought the TSX used the DC5R shifter?

And I find both the RSX and TSX to have very nice shifts, the TSX feels a lot smoother though. No way is it in the same league as the Civic.

 

I didn't mind the throw at all. My old throw on my Altima made me feel like I was driving an old cheese bus!

 

Does the TSX make the "Click" when you shift into gear? I know the RSX does (click) race car style.

 

Probably so, but I do think the actual stick is shorter on the TSX. I must admit that the RSX shifter feels smoother, not as notchy as the TSX.

 

Maybe that is part of the difference bugging me. I have been driving the S2000 a lot lately, and I drove it to the Acura dealer that day too. I'll have to drive my Civic (the car it would be replacing) there next time to get a better comparison.

BTW, I wasn't the only one that got that impression after driving the 6MT TSX. I was intenionally mum about it at first since my wife hadn't yet driven the car, and the first comment she made about the TSX after she drove it was is that she felt the 6MT wasn't as sporty as she expected.

 

Yes.

 

I have driven quite a few stickshifts and i'd say the the throws on the TSX are most def on the short side of things but not silly short.. I drove a WRX with a short throw package and that was like snick snick snick.... I think the TSX has a sporty but reasonable shift throw. But it most def is not as long as a stock civic per se.

 

I don't think I would expect the TSX to shift "nicer" than the S2K but I'm sure that the Civic is anywhere close to TSX though. There is a reason why the TSX is 34800CAD compared to the S2K which is 48000CAD and a Civic SiR is 26000CAD??

btw. The RSX-S has a pretty notchy gear box especially when 99% of them have a 3rd synchro problem.

 

Me neither, but I did expect a noticibly shortier feel than my almost 10 year old Civic -- and I didn't get the impression. I do plan to test drive one again though...