soopirV900

I've always bought imports (if always can mean three cars). First I had an '89 toyota camry, then a '97 Nissan pathfider, and now my new TSX. THis is the first car I've purchased from one of the "upscale" sides of an import car. I'm wondering (i'd do it in a poll if I knew how/had the time) how many of us are buyers like I am; have great experience with japanese cars, decide to move up the line a bit. Additionally, I'm wondering if after doing so (assuming this is the first time) would you/could you go back to the "basics" (Honda, Nissan, 'Yota, etc).

808-TSX

I would never get an american car ever!!! I dont think i would go back to cars like Honda,Toyota but if i had to i would.I would stick with acura or lexus.

soopirV900

808- Thanks for the reply, but your last statement was missing the point a bit; let's assume you had a choice of either an '05 honda or an '01 Acura...same price, but you couldn't have anything else...which would you choose?

ssm_tsx

I would easily buy a Honda/Nissan/Toyota. As long as it has all the features my tsx has, it wouldn't matter which brand it came from.

Lung Fu Mo Shi

I have gone back to an American car....Jeep Grand Cherokee. It's probably the best built of the big 3 midsize SUVs, that I can see. But, I still miss my Acura. The Jeep wouldn't be so bad...in 1992.

TSX CSI

since purchasing my acura i still own my GMC Jimmy, and have purchases an 04 Ford F150, I love my ack, but still show love to my domestics

sauceman

I'd think it twice over for sure.

bob shiftright

The TSX is the Honda Accord that the rest of the world, the parts that don't super-size their french-fries, get. It's pretty well equipped, and we don't get the base models with the small engine, the cloth seats and the steel wheels over here. If you compare the TSX with the similar sticker priced Accord EX-L V6, the Accord has pretty much the same array of cockpit features as the TSX. I can live without the fake wood on the dash, the leather-pleather seats and the sunroof. What I want is a modest amount of horsepower and a manual transmission, and the Accord V6 sedan is not available with a manual transmission. For the same amount of money, sure, I'd pick a new '05 Accord EX-L V6 with a warranty over any 4-year old Acura sedan (the NSX is excepted!) any day!

OTT-TSX

I agree.

dom

I'd have no problem going back to a Honda. I'd also have no problem buying American (GM preferred) these days which is not something I could have said 1 or 2 years ago.

yuhoo22

As long as the features were there, I wouldn't have a problem. Domestic cars on the other hand, I have issues with their reliability that my friends have had. Maybe its just bad luck or a coincidence I don't know.

JeffTSX

My last American automobile was a Pontiac 6000LE. THat thing gave my family and I nightmares but my answer to your question would be "yes" I would go back to an American car. Only if it's a Z06 or Viper.

Saintor_RENAMED

Yes easily, if I could stand the look of the new Accord. I don't.

rb1

Yup. I was an Acura owner for 11 years (88 Integra). Easily the most reliable car I've ever owned, and fun to drive, too. I chuckle hearing you guys grouse about the short gearing on the TSX. My Integra turned 4000 RPM at 80 mph and sounded wonderful while doing it (the 86-87 Integras had even shorter gearing).

Went from that to Nissan, in 1999, and then to VW in 2000 when I totalled the Nissan.

For me the $64K question is now can I ever go back to Japanese after having owned German... (It will be very difficult)

captainjack

I agree completely.

In fact, I already "went back". Getting ready to have our second kid last year, we needed something bigger than my wife's CRV. The MDX was nice but it didn't seem worth the extra bucks. So the wife's very happy in her Pilot.

daddydliv

Although I do appreciate the ammenities of my Acura I would never pidgeon-hole myself into buying one particular type of car. If Chevy offered a reliable, luxurious, comfortable, and affordable car with great performance I'd buy it. I even considered the new Dodge Hemi Magnum briefly (very briefly) before buying my TSX. Can't see myself touching a Mopar POS with a ten foot pole though (okay MAYBE a Viper)!

1killercls

I would buy a Honda,Nissan, Toyota or a Subaru. But no way I would own a Mitsubishi or any American made cars.

dom

Not even an EVO?

gfxdave99

I have had all american cars up to the TSX (two saturns, three cadillacs, and a pontiac) And despite some small issues i have with my car I have to say its probably the best built out of any car I've owned.

Sturm

My first car was a Ford and I've owned two Acura's since (including my TSX). I don't think I'd ever go back to an American car. Although I really do like the Cadillac CTS-V, I couldn't see myself buying one.

ric

Used to lease the Mercury Mystique, sort of a dumb car visually, but compact with excellent handling and quite roadworthy - based on the Ford European Mondeo. Never caught on here because it was too fussy looking, but would have stayed with it if they had continued to manufacture it. Have had misadventures with an Altima (inherited from a partner who left my firm) and a Mazda Millenia (from an associate who departed abruptly) and, most recently, a VW. The Altima was a tin can, the Millenia nicely styled with a handsome interior, but had a seriously anemic engine that left me gasping on the freeway access ramps - and the VW a gaping money pit in the electrical department. I will never risk a VW product until their performance improves over at least a five-year period.

I would "go back" to American cars when they design small, reliable and sweet-handling cars that are stylish but not garish. Volvos are tanks, Saab is now another GM car with none of the verve of the original Saabs (used to own a Saab 93 decades ago), Mercedes and BMW are certainly great cars, but are now so enmeshed in their own PR that it is difficult to find the fun in the vehicle line-up, VW has electrical problems - gets it down to the midscale and upscale Japanese car, which - rapidly gets me to Acura, Lexus or Infiniti if I want any form of interior comfort. The Honda Accord is certainly a sturdy car, but not known for its fun, and no one would ever apply the phrase "sporty handling" to the Camry line. The Nissan Maxima is too over-the-top in styling for me - really narrows the choices down quickly to zip in the "baseline" Japanese cars (have to have automatic/four doors to meet my firm's leasing requirements.) I think it is pretty slim pickings for stylish, understaded sporty cars.

The TSX is a great matrix of understated styling, crisp handling and a rep for being on the road, not in the shop. I looked at the G35, but it felt too large for my needs - and I tried the TL, which was also too large and lacked the swift handling of the TSX. Three years from now (when my lease is up) , I would look at the awd TL and would look carefully at the development of the TSX. I would be curious to see what the G35 has become by then, and might cast an eye on the smaller Mercedes sedans, although I would have to get past the cliche of the marque. I can't thing of an American car three years from now that would be appealing, based on derivations of what is on the market now.

euroStyle

I would go back, to an Audi again.

captainjack

Can't y'all read?
The question was whether or not you'd go back to the base divisions (Honda, Toyota, Nissan) from the upscale lines (Acura, Lex, Infiniti).

euroStyle

calm down captain jackass

captainjack

Pretty sassy for somebody who can't grapple basic punctuation.

euroStyle

I learnt my engrish from public schools

gfxdave99

I think some people read it as the basics including their previous cars which happened to be american..

soopirV900

As creator of this thread, I have to agree with GFXdave99 (My name is Dave too...I wonder how many Dave's are also TSX owners (I can think of three that I saw just tonight on the forums, maybe we should do a poll)...I intended it to mean returning to the "non-hyped" models of our upscale cars, but it took on it's own meaning. I don't mind.