Acura Owners Club - Meet the Members

benjaminh

After my Acura service advisor suggested I'd need new tires soon I decided to get this...finally. And here's my TLX at a park, and the nice path I found to ride on that morning with my folding bike.

sda

benjaminh said:

After my Acura service advisor suggested I'd need new tires soon I decided to get this...finally. And here's my TLX at a park, and the nice path I found to ride on that morning with my folding bike.

I have a similar tire gauge. Very useful and more precise than the old coin trick.

benjaminh

2004 TSX on original engine and transmission.

sda

Disappointing but not unexpected the announcement of discontinuing the TLX. I think it got a bit too expensive and the limited room in the backseat area didn't help. It is a sharp car with few buyers. Alas

stickguy

Sedans all going away.

benjaminh

250,000 on this 2012 ILX with regular maintenance.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z2r2AiT0Ju0

In almost 14 years of ownership he's spent $16,000 on maintenance and repairs, giving a cost per mile of just over 6 cents. He says this is the lowest of any car he's ever owned.

So far I've spent $2700 on maintenance driving almost 90,000 miles on my 2018 TLX, which means my cost per mile is only a little over 3 cents. So half the cost per mile!



Anyway, he takes good care of this ILX, but it's also parked outside mostly in the hot Arizona sun, plus once in a while he drives it on dirt roads, has driven it all the way to Alaska and back, etc. He says he plans to keep driving it to 300k and beyond as his daily driver.

Driving to Alaska does sound like it might be an interesting adventure someday. Doubt I'll ever do it, but maybe I'll think about it at least.

kyfdx

We had an '87 BMW 325iS that we bought in 2011 with 195K miles

When we sold it in 2013, it had around 205K miles

I'd estimate that I spent an easy $0.50 per mile on it, in those two years..

benjaminh

Kris Kreifels describes in this video the serious problems at Acura. Sales are down 10% compared to last year's so-so numbers. Products aren't compelling. The Honda Civic hybrid, for instance, is a faster and better vehicle than the Integra for significantly less money, and the Civic hybrid gets much better mpg. The ZDX EV is a financial black hole, as are their future EV plans. ADX is a mediocre vehicle made in Mexico and is now losing money bc of tariffs. RDX and MDX are good, but somewhat dated, and there are perhaps better offerings elsewhere. TLX has been losing money for years and is now canceled.

The answer Acura management has come up with is to pivot to hybrids, but apparently they won't be arriving until 2027 or so. Two years from now seems like a long time in automotive years.

As an Acura fan it's discouraging. Still love my TLX, but currently Acura makes nothing that interests me. A 2025 TLX Tech FWD lists for $47k, and discounts don't seem large. Admittedly I got a steal, but in 2018 mine was about 29k + fees and taxes. Started out as a lease and then I bought it out. List was 37K on mine, but a 10K price increase in 7 years seems steep to me, even for a more powerful vehicle.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sZj5JdPqKD8&t=944s

stickguy

I have owned 5 Acuras, and don't expect to buy another one. Only thing that potentially interested me was an A spec Integra 6 speed. But not looking like I will end up getting a new/expensive sporty car like that now.

I have 2 dealers sending frequent solicitations that they really want to buy our current RDX (and at 28K miles and over maintained, why wouldn't they?) Just no point in putting cash into a deal for a new one that is almost identical to the current one.

at least we don't have to worry too much if Acura goes out of business, since it's just a glorified Honda anyway!

new product is desperately needed, and going big on hybrids seems like a really smart idea.