I think the A-spec has the most comfy seats of any RDX (the suede gives it the edge). The perforated steering feels awesome to the hand and flat bottom feels different yet nice (compact feel). The ride on the 20" wheels is surprisingly comfortable even with tire pressures at 36-37.

The big negative is the red in the instrument cluster.

I remember my friend had an old Nissan Maxima (one of those 4DSC ones) which had a silver instrument cluster, but at night with the lights on the cluster looked like a regular one with a black background. Not sure how that was done, but I think something like that would have been much better in the A-spec if they could pull if off.
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The other negative with the A-spec which would deter me from that trim is the lack of a spare.

 

Interesting, the red in the cluster is a selling point to me. Also, the spare tire kit can be purchased separately and installed on the A-spec trim if you value it strongly.

 

I like the red instrument cluster as well! However, I do like it more-so at night than during the daytime. Either way, I think it looks better than the other trims clusters.

 

The red is fine at night. It's daytime where the challenge can occur if the light is coming in from the right direction. There just is not enough contrast between silver and red in this case as it gets kind of washed out. If you had the digital readout it would probably negate that problem. We had a non-A Spec as a loaner once and the traditional black and white was far easier to read, day or night. Given the prevalence of digital speedo/tach areas now, I am surprised Acura hasn't made that change.

 

They added the digital speedo in 2022 to the screen between the two analog gauges.

 

Didn’t know about the spare kit.