quake97

I live in the Philly area and see about a 50/50 split with the TSX. Like some others said, when it's a woman it's a middle aged one. I noticed the same about the TL when I had one and checked who was driving other ones. I know this may sound sexist, but it seems like young women go for the lower end, i.e. the Honda and not the Acura.

Joe

LukeaTron

What the hell does that mean anyway? Is there some sort of protrusion in the seat that hits you right in the nuts preventing any one thusly equipped from driving it? I didn't see anything like that in my car.

FWIW, I've haven't noticed a biased ratio one way or the other and I see on average 3 to 5 other TSXs on the road per day. The cars that are most likely to have a woman behind the wheel around me are the stupid huge SUVs.

zguy95135

80% of the TSX's Ive seen have been driven by Asian guys in their early twenties, and the rest are middle aged families, the occasional woman and then me

CL9er

^^^^ are you saying mostly young asian male drive tsx's.... btw... i know of 5 other tsx's in my area.... and they are young asian male.... including me.... but then again there are a number of females driving the tsx here.... stock looking tsx=female..... dropped tsx with tasteful rims= male....

zguy95135

Thats the demographic I've seen around here and the LA area.

vthree

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speaking of such a topic. today I reverse parked @ my old apt complex.. and was adjusting my radar.. then the 04 ssm with oem spoiler just like mine parked next to me and it was a girl... who was pretty cute. haha I said hey nice car! and we chattted bout our cars for a few. =)

CL9er

did you get to pop her hood and check her undercarriage

joerockt

The same could be said about the RL, as I usually only see old ladies driving that car...

rb1

Jeez, all this speculation over anecdotal "evidence".

How about some real data:

http://www.jdpower.com/autos/Acura/tsx/2007

53% female, 47% male

Slight advantage to the ladies, but pretty much a wash. Hardly a "chicks car".

club_euro2

At the office parking there are 3 TSX's, One is driven by a old lady.

Mokos23

Thanks for that link, I saw that demographic. For the 2007 TSX it was 53% female 47% male, but for the 2008 TSX it was 53% male and 47% female. Hmmm....

Also, that's bs about the tv shows, I don't like Law and Order! Wtf?

cibs

hmm... interesting that almost half of the buyers are under 35... I would've guess more would be over...

S14 n Tsx

ruffellprefley

me too, but i also think that of that middle range, 35-55, most probably sit in the 35-42 range. i think the older acura buyers probably go for the TL

davidspalding

Well now wait....

I'm surprised Food Network (Rachael Ray, $10,000 Cupcake Challenge) wasn't listed for favorite TV shows.

mrgold35

The TSX we have is for my wife and she loved the way the TSX looked compared to the TL. The TL's larger size didn't fit her as well compared to the TSX (she 4'11"). We just made a deal and I get to add any accessory once we got the TSX (a-spec kit, clear bra, RSB, suspension, etc..).

Besides, do you want your car to be a chick magnet or a dick magnet? Every woman that rode in my TSX loved the car. So far in N.M., I see a lot of M.I.L.F driving the TSX and TL around town.

Trident

This is a good point, but it still hurts when your boss goes out and buys his wife the same car you drive. Is he at some level trying to reinforce to me that I am his bitch? I guess.

Oh well my girlfriend is dryving the TSX most of the time now - I am on my way out to get a Bronco II with 35 inch wheels.

rb1

I don't see this at all. It could just as easily be "Damn, that's a nice car. I'll get one for my wife to replace the POS she's driving now."

rb1

(And on an equally valuable note, in my company more women own cars with manual transmissions than men do -- and the men significantly outnumber the women, too. Does this mean it's more macho to drive an automatic? )

CarbonGray Earl

You really think your boss is going to buy a TSX to get at you? That's a stretch. Is your boss THAT insecure, or are you being paranoid? No offense, but I think its the latter.

taz98spin

Been living in Indianapolis for over an year now, and I would have to say I see more chicks driving a TSX than guys..

My friend from Hawaii just got a TSX cuz she said she liked mine as well.

wackura

In reality no, but I'd probably feel exactly the same way if I were you. It's not that your boss is telling you that you're a bitch, he's telling you it's a bitch car, and that he wants one for his bitch. My boss' wife has navi but he doesn't, so we were talking about nav units as we were on our way to lunch and nobody ever said out loud "only girls need nav units" but that's how I felt for some reason.

Personaly I think it's genderless, its a classy, minimalisticly styled car. I googled the topic and found http://www.forbes.com/2005/05/23/cx_dl_0523feat.html
and it has some interesting insights that apply to the TSX issue. For example, "The average horsepower (hp) of a car on our list of the five most popular vehicles with men is 367; with women, it's 172.* " so the TSX leans bitch car with respect to horsepower.

rb1

I think there is something seriously skewed with this survey. The top selling cars in the country are the Accord and the Camry. (With Toyota and Honda being among the most popular marques also)

Neither of these cars has anywhere near this much oomph. Does Honda even have a 300 hp+ car?

How many 350+ hp cars are even sold in the country each year?

davidspalding

You CANNOT be that naive....

LukeaTron

Does any one here actually feel emasculated when they drive their car? If so you've got some serious insecurities to work out. Or maybe you just shouldn't have gone with that pink on pink color scheme. :P

mrgold35

I think the Forbes survey was a "Dream Car" survey for men. It has been 10 years the last time I've seen a NSX on the road. I think Acura only sells about 5 NSXs per year. I think the men in the survey were thinking with the wrong head, the women on the survey were more realistic in their survey answers. I willing to bet most of the men on the survey mostly drive minivans and/or 4dr sedans made by Honda/Toyota/Ford/Mazda/GM/Nissan (me included).

The only Honda/Acura vehicle with 300 HP is the MDX. Unless you have a truck/SUV, it is hard to find a +350 hp car in most folk’s price range.

wackura

I wonder if, all things being equal, more chicks dig guys driving cars they themselves would drive or if they dig guys who drive things they wouldn't want such as a Dodge Charger or a pickup truck.

rb1

Not. Especially with the 6MT in the TSX, which is among the best standard transmissions I've ever driven.

(Combine that with 205 hp and a 7100 RPM redline, )

Driving an automatic, on the other hand...

TommySalami

There are a lot of REALLY hot chicks around here who drive the TSX, so I really don't mind that lots of girls drive it. That means girls like it, meaning they'll like mine

CL9er

hey i got an automatic tsx...... is that bad?

dj Dozhe

All a matter of personal preference. Personally I wouldn't have purchased the TSX if the 6MT was unnavailable. I prefer to row my own, and the automatics I test drove didn't give me anywhere near the driving enjoyment I get from the 6mt.

Dpak

=[ i can feel you on that about the Northern Virginia area... I think at least 80% are all ladies... mostly around the 30's-40's... The rest is all male.

I do work at Quantico though and probably most of the TSX's I see there are all male so I keep my pride in that...

About a couple months ago though, everyday coming back home from work on 95 North at 2:30PM -3PM I did see a clean white TSX with a OEM lip kit, gold emblems, and at least a 15% Tint with a cute female as the driver... Pulled up to it a couple times but got no attention =[ must of been her bf/husbands car.

=]

CL9er

As much as i love driving manual... i preferred the automatic....

Mokos23

There is a lot of stop and go traffic so I preferred to get the auto even though I love manual instead.

frescagod

i am a previous owner (6spd with nav), and while i sold mine in october of 2006, i still look at TSXes on the road, because i do like how it looks. there are many of them in northern virginia, and i would have to say that yes, about 4 out of every 5 of them are driven by women 25-45 years old. i rarely see a person like myself driving one (23 year old asian guy when i bought it), and rarely do i see a 40 year old businessman driving one either. they're usually in a 3-series.

TSX is a "chick" car just like more women probably drive celicas than men...but who cares? it's a nice looking car at perhaps the best value when you can pluck them off the lot at 1-2k under invoice.

Trident

Give me a break, of course I'm not that naive - try detecting the sarcastic element in my text next time.

CGTSX2004

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There is much insecurity in this thread...

ruffellprefley

red text for sarcasm would help...

EuRTSX

I'm a big man in my car.


It's just a car. Use it for what it is.

joerockt

I'll always defend the TSX, but its threads like this that just make me go and make me glad I upgraded.