Hi, I am new to the forum, GREAT SITE!

I'm about to sell my 2001 BMW 3-series and have been looking at the Jetta GLI 6 speed, Accord sedan EX V6 and the Acura TSX. I got quite excited about the TSX after reading many great reviews, but after reading some of the horror stories on here and edmunds, I am having second thoughts. The two big issues that seem to stick out are the numorous creaks and rattles coming from different areas on the car and the quality of the paint.

1. Rattles - This can be annoying, but often can be fixed. Are you guys able to get these things fixed through your dealer under warranty?

2. Paint - This is very dissappointing as it keys into resale value. No one is going to want to buy a used car all stone chipped up. Typically I have found that SILVER is more forgiving with chipping and showing scratches. How is the silver holding up?

3. I would think these same issues would be present on the accord....no?

4. Oh one more thing.....is the stereo really as bad as everyone says? I read posts where people are replacing the speakers and subs because of major distortion on BASS. I wonder if the system is in fact fine and these people are running it as if they had a kicker box installed? lol

Thanks for your thoughts...