What do you guys think in overall quality

Smooth, easy riding car

or

bumpy, more sporty stiff ride

 

*should say stiff for option 2, u all know my spelling sux

 

I would say, smooth and easy to drive, but stiff and sporty. Iron hand in a velvet glove.

 

no problem driving long distance w/o extreme discomfort and bumps driving u crazy?

 

Definitely stoff.....rahahaha....

 

Lol, uh, sorry, but can you please re-word, I have a hard time understanding... Peace, BTW.

 

How about none of the above.

 

on a long frive are u confortable? Do u fell bumps start to be too much after a while?

 

I think the TSX soaks up bumps ok, but you can get some hop during cornering, and the ride gets very busy on rippled pavement. Sometimes, hard bumps knock it of course.

 

Need at least one more choice.

 

make your own larch
offer a new one u feel fits

 

Yes, the car remains very comfortable after hours of driving. I don't feel it bumpy. Actually, after having driven the EL for one day, I found that though the TSX's suspension is very stiff, you feel the bumps much less than in the EL, even though the suspension setup is less stiff, but you get rocked a lot more by the bumps in the EL, whereas the TSX doesn't bulge.

Only thing I found to give me back pains was the armrest too low for me, but I went to a friend of mine who works with leather, and he is fabricating a small leather cushion 2" thick and 6" X 9", with dense foaming inside. I hope it will resolve my back pains.

 

Does he want to sell some of those?

 

Just drove my new TSX home this weekend (3+ hours) and it felt good. Suspension was stoff, but not overly bumpy for a long ride.

-r

 

smoooooooooooooooth baaaaaaaaaaby

 

I think it's stiff but smooth, firm but not punishing. I do think it gets a bit old on long (3+ hour) boring drives and more cushy cars are better for these, but I wouldn't take the overall tradeoff.

 

"Smooth and easy, and very sporty, nicely stoff [sic! ] , but a bit bumpy over bad bumps"

Really!

 

I guess I could arrange to get another one fabricated for you. but if you're interested, let me first see it and get a picture to show you.

 

The ride is pretty much perfect as is, not too choppy and not too floaty. The seats are great, much more comfortable than my MDX and I thought those seats were good before. The only thing I would change is to lower the dash...so damn high for a Honda.

 

Choppy over rippled pavement...at medium speeds 70-90km/h,
a velvet glove otherwise.

 

Amen! The cowl and dashboard are too too high! I had tried raising the seat 'til my head hit the ceiling--in a test drive TSX. I remained unsettled about the dashboard height. Overall, visibility in the TSX is atypical of Honda.

 

Ehh...stiff, but absorbs medium sized bumps quite well...rippled pavement will shake your jaws loose, and big pot holes will render you unconcious for a second. But in my taste, I want it stiffer...like Mini Cooper S.

As for the dash, I guess a man's meat is another man's poison (did I say it right?). I love the dash, never had a better driving position. Considering my height and size, normal dashboard height is way too low. Just for reference, in 2002 Accord sedan, the pointy edge of the center console is poking right into my knee with the seat adjusted to furthest/lowest position and steering tilted to the highest, whilst I still can't put my legs under the steering but only besides it...

 

PFG, IMHO.

(I hope you won't have trouble with any more of my abbreviations!)

I've been using PFG for many years. Don't know if anybody else does. Anyway I'll say this: I'm complimenting you.

 

I would say smooth and sporty...

 

Haa, actually still have problems...what's PFG, IMHO and IMO?

 

http://www.faqs.org/faqs/furry/faq/section-13.html

Not sure on PFG .. I always use it along with BOFH.

(edit: I'm thinking PFY)

-r

 

Thanks for the link. And BOFH and PFY is...?

 

I don't know BOFH either, dudes!

Nor PFY.

But about the one that I said, "PFG" -- I started it a long time ago, even before Al Gore invented the internet:

"Pretty f------ good."

 

oh, wakarimasu

 

http://bofh.ntk.net/Bastard.html

BOFH - bastard operator from hell
PFY - pimply-faced youth

unix geek

 

I installed springs on my TSX and I DEFINATELY miss the stock comfort. Although, I dont mind sacrificing a little comfort for some added performance. And plus, it looks alot better than stock height.

 

No surprise that the results are 50-50, because really the answer is somewhere in between. I couldn't even pick one of the choices.

 

Firm and controlled, but not harsh. Just about right for a real world sporty sedan.

 

"It's a desert topping."
"It's a floor wax."
"It's BOTH! New Shimmer is a desert topping AND a floor wax!"

I'm with Larch. The handling's right in the middle.

BTW, the saying is "One man's trash is another man's treasure."

 

I suggest this for choice #3.

BTW -- Back in college, in one of the dining rooms (we really did have one place that really had what you'd call a dining room), we had this great fruit punch, and on a regular basis I spilled it on the wood table. By accident I discovered that it gave the wood a great shine.

 

With Buick at the boat-like-ride end of the scale, and the Nissan Altima 3.5SE at the other end, I give the ride a 7. It's firm and controlled, but not harsh, except if you hit some freeway expansion strips that are in need of repair.