The manager said there are NO Carbon Grey MT's in any Acura dealership in California right now. EEK!

Is the current rarity of the 6spd normal?

 

most people who want this car want the magical AT.

 

there might be 1 in California and your dealer doesn't really know, but its not hard to believe.

 

I had to wait over 7 weeks for my 6 speed

 

I was lucky enough to get one of two 6MT's w/ Navi in Northern CA in late January. I would have been willing to wait for one though if there weren't any available. To me, the TSX 6MT rocks!

 

I ended up with an AT cause I wanted CG and it was going to be 2 months to get one when
I was buying my car.

 

I was told the same thing when I went to order my 6MT CG w/ navi. The dealer said he could find a bunch of ATs, but I told him that wasn't acceptable and ended up searching through dealer website inventories myself until I eventually found it.

 

I've got one... They do exist!

 

I had to wait over two months for my 6MT CG. And when it finally came in, the salesman offered me $200 to NOT buy the car, because demand had picked up and he thought he could sell it at a markup.

 

I walked into the dealership and beautiful 6mt w/ navi was sitting in the showroom. Lets just say it wasn't there much longer.

 

Yeah, the dealership I went to said their next CG 6spd comes in 8-10 weeks. D:

 

 

@ ...

 

There's a CG 6mt navi and a NBP 6mt non-navi over at Keyes Acura in Van Nuys in the San Fernando Valley as of 4/9/05. I saw them in the back lot as i was trying to kill some time during an oil change. I'm pretty sure they're still there.

 

I found two CG MT when I went to get mine. I was a little concerned about finding one since I also wanted navi, 2 features not many people get in Canada.

 

Thanks! I'll look into this..

My Dad, Mom & Uncle are urging me to get an AT tho. They say getting an MT will be fun for the first couple years...

I've been driving a 5spd Accord Coupe LX for almost a year now ... it's still a lot of fun. I enjoy DRIVING it a lot more than RIDING an automatic ...

 

then you should listen to your folks, they are paying for it

 

'Give me MT or give me DEATH!' - At least that's how it will be for me until I R.I.P....

 

I got my CG/Ebony 6 speed with Navi in like 3 days........ easy process

 

AT is better

 

Actually the dealer im going to get mine (check to buy them didn't come yet) has 1 cg 6speed manual w/ navi. We'll prolly pick it up tomorrow or wednesday. Yes in California. Where? Ill tell you after we get it

EDIT: ahh just noticed someone spotted it. Yea keyes is the place! Theres supposidly 5 other 6speed w/ navi since last saturday, dunno if its been taken yet. But they arent cg.

 

I waited a month for mine, but that was because of the color.

 

im wishin i had a 6mt so bad, btu i think i would get in trouble with the law alot more with the mt, but dam still want one, someday maybe

 

Yeah keyes is supposedly the 'biggest in the nation' according to the sales guys there. They do have a crap load of TSX there though. I saw at least 30 of them on the lot, but only two 6mt's.

 

You wont find that carbon grey 6spd manual w/ navi anymore in keyes. Its in my driveway now!

 

I bought a Carbon Grey MT today! It had been reserved by someone who backed out after in came in yesterday.

Not so rare, I found two dealerships that have em in southern California. In multiple colors (but, alas, no Milano Red).

 

I was pleasantly surprised with the sport shift mode in the AT. Unlike many other manumatic systems out there, it lets you start from first gear and will hold your chosen gear all the way to the redline. You pretty much have full control of the transmission and you can switch between Dummy and Master mode at anytime. I love how I can downshift to third on the highway at my prompting to pass those "not quite fast enough" cars in the fast lane. It's great for the highway merging too. When you are too busy (in my case, lazy) to shift just leave it in Dummy mode and it still does a good job.

But get what you really want, driving a car you don't like day after day gets tiring reeeeaal quick.

 

Thanks for the feedback.

I understand your affinity for the downshift & high revving. However, I don't think it's as fulfilling without a clutch pedal.. I did get to test drive the automatic and try that sport shift mode. I thought the gear indicator in the instrument area was pretty suave, but it didn't feel 100% responsive. I would nudge the shifter and I'd imagine the computer going "teek teek ta teek teek PLING" (calculating stuff) then finally Upshifting or Downshifting.

 

May I ask what these dealerships were that had the CG MT in stock?

I think I know South Coast has about 4 of them...

 

I just picked up a Carbon Grey MT last monday in Sacramento...there were two to choose from...no navi though

 

Oh definitely man, there's no way it'll ever replace the real deal. Of all the sport shifts I test drove, it was actually very fast to shift. I can't recall now, but I think the shift occurs before the gear indicator changes. I don't use the gear indicator too often, mostly when I shift from Dummy to Master mode.

Too bad Ohio is so far away from Cali, there are a always MT's on the lot here. Most TSX drivers here are of the older, non-enthusiast variety...

 

We ordered a Meteor Silver MT last January. It's due in on April 16. The dealer's estimated arrival day was off by one day. Our dealer warned us that the factory may not build this color combination with 6-speed, because most production is devoted to auto trans cars. The dealer wanted $1000 down non-refundable, because they were concerned that a 6-speed car would be dificult to sell if we backed out before the car is delivered. They explained that the demographics for the TSX is for the automatic car. Too bad, because the character of the car truly shines with the 6-speed IMO. Anyway, ours should be here in a cople of days. By the way, we paid 28,650 for non-nav, including tax, tags and fees. We purchased the car at Bloomington-Acura-Subaru, in Bloomington Minnesota.

 

That sounds like a good deal... the best deal I can find right now for a CG, 6spd, Non-Navi 05 TSX is $25,853 (before tax). I'm not sure how much it'll be after taxes in California... does anyone know? And do you think this is a good deal?

 

We paid $26,500 before tax. Invoice is $25,354, so $500 over invoice looks like a good deal. Other dealers in my area will not sell for less than $500 below sticker. Our tax rate in MN is 6.5%, which cost us $1722, and another $400 or so in title fees and plates.

 

$26,500?! Thats gotta be the best price ive seen... I'm going shopping this weekend with my uncle and hopefully we can get a price less than our current best (25,853)

 

The other was probably picked up by me...

I bought mine January 18, and at the time, no manuals with navi's in any of the nor cal dealerships.

My dealer just barely found mine, even the NBP color as I wanted, just as it was being delievered to Mike Harvey's Acura. In fact, when the driver came to pick it up, it hadn't even gone through PDI yet. What wasn't cool though is that they drove it 127 miles to Elk Grove Acura.

 

I hate how Honda makes every car they sell seem super hard and impossible to get. Wow we finally got an S2000 in the lots.

They dont deal on prices of S2's I got quoted 59,400 Canadian with grad discount 750. Also, 2 month wait? BS!!! If you put an order to Honda 1 month it should be there. Bakas!