formerRSX-S

And I gotta tell ya, that thing is dope. I was not too nuts about the exterior design to begin with, but the interior makes it all worth while. So fresh. So clean. And plenty Acura refinement. As far as the handling and ride...I think it would handle better than a stock TSX in some corners to be honest with you. It's tight as hell. The Turbo is nice too....it may out run a stock AT TSX as well. Not sure of any real specs however, these are just my initial impressions. The coolest part...the reverse cam! When you put the bitch in reverse, a camera feed from the rear hatch displays on the Nav screen so you can see exactly what is behind you. Certainly a nice touch. Overall...it's definately THE x3 killer.

EuRTSX

Sounds sweet, I'm gonna be out testing that baby this week too =]

formerRSX-S

Oh yeah!!!! Also ended the day by getting the g/f out of her 2002 civic and into a 2007 Volvo S40. Red on black 2.4i, loaded, for $265/month for 36 mos!!! Hella good deal. She's actually at $10 less a month than she was with the old and busted civic!! So today was a good day overall!

godfather2

i'm not big on suv's nor am i too fond of the rdx's exterior design. however, i'm very much interested in the rdx's 2.3L turbo and sh-awd - at least to the extent that it relates to transferring to future tsx models.

mrgold35

Its not saying much about the RDX if: "The Turbo is nice too....it may out run a stock AT TSX as well."

My son on his on his Razor scooter can almost out run me in my 06 5AT.

I was expecting the RDX performance to be between the 5AT/6MT TL range, not the TSX range.

zidenx

iTrader: (1)

the reverse camera is nothing new, the mdx has the same feature.

Tsx536

Yeah, tell us more about the engine power. What did you think? Any lag? Did you get to gun it, or was the salesman trippin?

jimbo3123

If you look at the specs, the TSX and RDX have almost exactly the same power/weight ratio. I would expect similar performance out of them (of course the SH-AWD is going to zap some of that power though).

The RDX has 6.12 Horsepower/100 lbs.
The TSX has 6.11 Horsepower/100 lbs.

That is peek horsepower too.

EuRTSX

Might want to watch out for those new S40's built by Ford. My brother has the 2005 S40 T5 AWD, and it's been having a lot of annoyances lately.

formerRSX-S

Should have gotten MT then.

formerRSX-S

yeah i know, it's just the first time I saw it. Still cool.

formerRSX-S

nah man, the salesman was cool as shit. He was as fired up as me to test it, as he had never had a customer request to drive one yet. He let me hammer it around pretty good. There was no turbo lag at all. According to the salesman, the turbo is constantly spooling, therefore the power is available whenever you want it. And it certainly did feel that way. Only gripe is that you can't really hear the traditional 'whoosh' sound that you would hear on say a GTI. Some peeps in a new MB M-class were messin with me on the freeway I was on too. But I couldn't really beat the balls totally off it. It was brand new

formerRSX-S

thanks for the heads up. I'll stay on it.

drunkenbuda

Hmmmm, i might want to have a back up camera for my TSX. Is it the same nav as the TSX?

A Cake On

That's pretty cool. I just got the invite from my dealer to check it out. I think I will give it a spin too.

yuhoo22

might have to go the dealer this weekend to test this baby out

helraiser

Damnit... not in the Canadian dealers yet.

afax226

Exterior styling-wise, I think the new Mazda CX-7 is much better looking than the RDX and the Mazda costs thousands less. The Canadian Acura Expression magazine has an article on the RDX. It says pricing should start in the low 40's CND.

The interior of the RDX does look nice though. It reminds me of the dash from a Land Rover.

xizor

i drove the CX-7, on paper I thought it was great, but in real life its just ok. decent motor but the interior is so blah

jlukja

Check out this video of the 2007 RDX on a dyno.

http://www.vtec.net/articles/view-ar...icle_id=599539


turbo

mg7726

^^^ did shawn say they think honda underrated the car??

where is Hondata??!

TriniBwoy

The interior is pretty cool and the specs are even more cool! But you got to admit, the exterior is just plain disguisting!!! I had to get my eyes checked after looking at it

Tsx536

Nice find Jan!

They have another video with the modded TOV Si. (Bottom of the page):
http://www.vtec.net/articles/view-ar...icle_id=599611

Zoopa

That's great, but I'm on the TSX forums because I like cars.

mrgold35

From the ACURA RDX web site

"With the variable flow turbo (VFT), Acura has devised a simple, yet elegant solution for reducing turbo lag. At low rpm, a long valve smoothly narrows the incoming passage and speeds the exhaust flow. This keeps the turbine spinning quickly, so there is plenty of turbo boost at low rpm. As rpm rises, the valve opens, allowing the increased exhaust volume to flow freely through a second intake chamber, keeping turbo boost high. The forced intake air is cooled through a top-mounted intercooler, making the air denser and allowing it to burn more powerfully. The result is the instant and steady power delivery of a much larger engine, while retaining the light weight and cruising efficiency of four cylinders."

I hope they use the VFT for the 08 TSX.

Tsx536

This very much relates to cars though. The RDX has Honda's first turbo and it's destined to be put in a car soon! Hopefully a TSX

rb1

Hmmm.

EGT's (exhaust gas temps) are so high on turbo gasoline engines (e.g. versus diesel, which is much cooler) that I would worry about long-term reliability of any variable-geometry setup with a gas motor. The exhaust side of a gas motor turbo can easily get red-hot during extended aggressive driving.

As an aside, another cool way to achieve the same effect is with a VVT (Variable Vane Turbo), but again I think gas EGT's are too hot.

mg7726

when honda puts the 2.3T on the TSX, *cough*JTso*cough* needs to rig up a water injection system on the intercooler.

so everytime we downshift on the paddles, it squirts to cool the air *hint hint*

JeffS

I am mixed on Acura adding the turbo to the TSX because they will have include the SH-AWD to deal with that much torque. Then new model will also have ACE construction and combined with the AWD comes an additional 250 lbs or more. I'm afraid this weight gain will kill the tossible handling of the TSX and turn it into a heavier TL type of car.

They could skip the AWD and just do RWD and save weight, complexity and gas mileage. He he!!