I thought everything on the TSX was made in Japan, I was wrong

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Old Aug 24, 2005 | 08:04 PM
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I thought everything on the TSX was made in Japan, I was wrong

Now it's my turn to nitpick as part as a joke. I was cleaning out my trunk and looked at the bottom of the speakers and saw that our speakers are Alpine, but they're made in China, not Japan and our Michelin tires are made in USA.

So, maybe Acura should chance on the MSRP sticker more like 90% made in Japan
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Old Aug 24, 2005 | 08:12 PM
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Really? My speakers are Pioneer (at least the 6x9s are).
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Old Aug 24, 2005 | 08:17 PM
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Originally Posted by 04EuroAccordTsx
Now it's my turn to nitpick as part as a joke. I was cleaning out my trunk and looked at the bottom of the speakers and saw that our speakers are Alpine, but they're made in China, not Japan and our Michelin tires are made in USA.

So, maybe Acura should chance on the MSRP sticker more like 90% made in Japan

Hmmm.. I think the tires are not made in japan either.
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Old Aug 24, 2005 | 08:28 PM
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Originally Posted by drkangel348
Really? My speakers are Pioneer (at least the 6x9s are).
my 6x9's are pioneers also...or at least they were...now they are alpines...
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Old Aug 24, 2005 | 10:11 PM
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this thread...
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Old Aug 24, 2005 | 10:19 PM
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Originally Posted by bz268
Hmmm.. I think the tires are not made in japan either.
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Old Aug 24, 2005 | 11:49 PM
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Well... considering how many seperate parts there actually are in that car with the engine included. The speakers + the tires dont make up a very large % at all. If there were over 2500 parts on the TSX, the tires and speakers would be 10? lol
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Old Aug 25, 2005 | 12:24 AM
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My tires are Nankangs and they are way better than the US ones. My rims are from Japan.
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Old Aug 25, 2005 | 12:28 AM
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aren't the rattles made in the US?
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Old Aug 25, 2005 | 04:27 AM
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Good point!
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Old Aug 25, 2005 | 05:01 AM
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TSX has a pioneer system... someone's stolen his speakers and replaced them with Chinese-built Alpines!
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Old Aug 26, 2005 | 09:36 PM
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you're right, i looked the navi is made by alpine and says made in japan, while our speakers our pioneer, but they're made in china.
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Old Aug 26, 2005 | 09:38 PM
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As long as it's near-flawlessly assembeled, I'm happy.
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Old Aug 26, 2005 | 09:50 PM
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Originally Posted by iamhomin
As long as it's near-flawlessly assembeled, I'm happy.
Yes. The TL engineers thought the TSX was too perfect and were afraid it would undercut the TL, so they added a robot on the assembly line to throw a few loose nuts and bolts into the TSX doors and dash to produce random rattles.
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Old Aug 27, 2005 | 12:54 AM
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Originally Posted by 04EuroAccordTsx
Now it's my turn to nitpick as part as a joke....
I'll give you a B for effort to make a joke but have to be like a D for bombing it
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Old Aug 28, 2005 | 03:48 AM
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Originally Posted by NJtsx
lol~~~~ so funny
i think the factory tint not made from japan either
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