Even though this is mostly negative about TSX, I personally am glad that people like you feel free to come on here. I'd hate to think our site would be just a love-fest. When I was first looking into the TSX, our "old site" was my main source, and I was thrilled to find that there was a lot of criticism of the car -- from TSX customers as well as owners of other cars, some of whom were very strident about the TSX. It all added up to a very complete picture, from which each person could draw their own conclusions.

JRP, we have similar "pedigrees," yet completely different impressions of the TSX. You had an '89 Legend for a gajillion years, I had an '88 Legend for a gajillion years. Then you had an '01 EX-VL, I had an '03 TL-S. Then we got TSX's. It's odd that we're so different about cars, which we obviously are. Maybe you really need a V6. But I'm very surprised about your opinion of the TSX interior. I don't feel that the TSX interior is any compromise compared to my prior Acuras, not even the '03 TL-S.

As they say, different strokes. And if you do get the '04 Accord, a lot of us will be interested to keep hearing about your impressions and comparisons. After all, almost all of us are big Accord fans too.

 

I am sorry about your experience with the TSX. This car is obviously not for everyone and it all depends what aspects you look for in your car. For me i feel the engine is more than adequate. I feel that there is enough torque for street driving, and revving that engine up high is what makes it such a blast to drive. I also love the handling of the TSX and I value that over low revving torque and straight line speed of its V6 cousin. I think that the interior materials are perfect. However i have ebony. Perhaps parchment is different. I am not sure what "wear" you are talking about. I keep my car in very clean and after 12K miles it still looks and smells new.

However I have to comment on your view of the interior. IMO, if I had to pick ONE aspect of the TSX that truely makes me love this car, it is the interior. Just about every legitimate review of this car yielded the same results. I just find it hard to think that the materials are that bad. Thats why the world goes 'round.

Maybe you should consider a WRX or Mazda 6? They may suit you driving appetite better. (Not being facicious considering those cars' inferior interior)

 

Am I the only one that would NEVER get XM radio. The regular radio works fine and if theres nothing on I'll pop in my own music.

I just cant see paying monthly for more radio

 

My car has the "quartz" (grey) interior. The mats are relatively light in color and the front mats have a BLUE TSX logo embroidered on a WHITE base. Nice esthetic touch, however, these areas were soiled after 1 week of use and difficult to clean. Solid colored mats would be more practical.

The trunk size is adequate but without the small side storage slots which were a useful feature in the '86 Accord. Maybe Acura left these out of the TSX because it's shorter & narrower than the Accord.

The dealer led me to believe that the entire upholstery was leather not just the central perforated porton of the seats.

 

I think many of us would agree this is a good point, and in fact most of us probably didn't know the truth about this until very recently. I know I didn't.

But I haven't thought it reflected deceit by the dealer, because the question didn't come up in any really specific way; it was just said that the seats are leather, and I've come to think that probably in the industry in general, it's kind of accepted that seats like this are referred to simply as "leather." Although from the standpoint of ultimate correctness this isn't right, I've come to accept that most things in this world aren't expressed with ultimate correctness. Also, when this was being discussed on here, the consensus seemed to be that the "fake" portions are made of stuff that might even be considered PREFERABLE to leather. So ultimately it didn't bother me -- but that's probably because I basically love the car and the company so I'm willing to cut them slack.

 

I burn Memorex(80 min,700MB) audio CDs with ~50-60 min. of music. These Discs play fine in a 10 year old portable Panasonic, an even older Sony player and in my computer's player but NOT in my TSX.
I'll take your advice and try a different brand of disc.
Thanks

 

I agree. I think my salesman didn't know the specifics either.
The spec sheet as I read it now says: "Sport seats with perforated leather trim"; nothing about other materials.