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Acura TSX
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Used TSXs will not go down in price until the 07 start hitting the road and the 04 leases are up. Even then that will not be by much. When the all new 08 hit the road, the prices will drop again; but, who wants to wait a year for that. Acura TSX/TL/RDX are very hot right now.
I’ve looked for 8 months and couldn’t find a used 05/06 TSX I liked. Once I changed to a new 06, I purchased a car in 3 days using the internet sales managers competing from Denver, Colorado Springs, Phoenix, and Albuquerque. My local Albuquerque dealership won out and I got a 06 TSX w/ Navi for $28,200+TTL in May (trunk tray, cargo net, all weather floor mats, metal trim kit, moor roof visor and pin stripping).
Word of advice, STAY AWAY FROM ACURA LOANER CARS. People drive the crap out of these cars :sick: . I did when I had one for a 3 days (120 mph on the hwy, testing out the VSA, etc)
Good luck
I second the recommendation against the loaner cars.
The TSX is not some magic car that is not subject to the general rule of thumb - a car typically loses 20% of its value after driven off the lot. So on a NAV equipped car there's at least a $5K depreciation potential the first year.
The 36 month lease has a 61% residual - at the lower end of the typical depreciaction (20yr1+10yr2+10yr3).
If the example of the private party sale at 25,300 for an 06 with NAV is any indication, some deals do exist.
http://www.edmunds.com/reviews/list/top10/115129/article.html
I've had it about 9 months now, accrued about 12000 miles and even took it from DC to Miami and I love my car. That being said, I did stop and check out the RDX at my last oil change
You meant 5A right, or was it 6M?
We won't see a 6A from Honda/Acura for a while.
Once I picked up my wife and she was talking to her friend while walking to the car (still inside the building). The RAZR phone linked to the car before she got out the building and I had to talk to her girlfriend until she got to the car. A little awkward when your car starts talking to you about “Women Stuff” with the 8 year old son in the back.
I will get another RAZR for me once my current Verizon contract is up in October. The RAZR phone shows signal strength and incoming numbers on the MID. Some Bluetooth enabled phones don’t do that. Every once in a while when I call her, I can hear my own voice in time delay through her car speakers/HFL microphone. More of a TSX problem compared to a RAZR problem.
I am a single woman with little negotiating skills and I really don't want to get hosed by a dealer. The sticker price is $30,500. I am figuring that now that the 2007 models are out and it being the end of the month, I should be able to get the price down a bit. Any suggestions?
And be sure to visit the TSX Prices Paid & Buying Experience discussion to talk to others about what they are paying.
And after all of that, please let us know how it goes and how you like your new TSX!!
I've been hoping a wealthy, bored 05+ Porsche 911 owner would fall in love with my 20 year old BMW and trade me even-stevens.
-Cj
Trunk Passthrough
Tire pressure monitoring system
ipod compatability
Now I found this doing the Comparison info from the Acura homepage, so I don't know if everything is technically new or not. BUT the difference between the two MSRP is just $200, so look at these things and decide if they make a difference (I'll probably fork over the extra $200 because it will be my first new car).
-Cj :confuse:
Zero MPH starts at the 6:00 position, so the speed range most of us have to drive in (25-70 MPH) is compressed in the lower left of the speedo. The top of the speedo, supposedly the place that's easiest to read, is at 85+ MPH.
I wish Acura started the Zero at the 9:00 position, so the speed ranges most of us spend time in are the easiest to read.
And what's with Honda and their speedos going to 160 MPH? Even in my Odyssey! I wish they would go back to the 120 or 140 mile speedos, and provide a better, clearer layout with the extra room.
Is it because the company that Acura buys its NAV softwaqre from has not mapped those states for GPS navigation, or that the GPS satellites don't cover those states?
That is most likely the reason.
Of course the obvious question is: who the heck needs a NAV on a small island?
On other Hondas, these empty switches are usually reserved for fog lights and cruise control options.
But with the fully equipped TSX, what are these for?
My suspicion is nothing, and that they are artifacts left over from the European Honda, which needed switchblanks for optional equipment.
So, my question is, for an 06 TSX to be a better deal, how much do you think it should be cheaper than a similar 07?
Why? because auto manufacturers are releasing new model year vehicles as early as spring for the FOLLOWING year.
What matters more is the car's "in service date" -- the date it was purchased and rolled off the dealer lot. That date is easily obtained from DMV records, CarFax, etc., and gives a much more accurate picture of vehicle age than the model year, which only shows about a 14-month window when the car could've been purchased.
Remaining 06s are great deals right now. And 07s have some good lease and purchase deals going.
It's quite docile up til about 4000 RPM where it gets a little more aggressive sounding. Then above 6000 it starts to pretend it's a race car.
I too think the speedometer is a little wierd. But I usually drive where I'm comfortable anyway. After you've been driving a car for a while, do you really have to look straight at the speedo any way? Speed is almost subliminal by engine note for me.
The memory driver seat with remote fob link, fold-down rear seat, and MP3 input jack are all on the 06 models.
But if someone comes out with w decent turbo kit for the TSX, I'd look into it. I drove a 6spd Passat the other day and found the engine quite entertaining. The gearbox left a bit to be desired however.