TSX: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly

[octothorpe]

So I've had the car for less than a week, and there are a lot of things I love about this car, however there are a few things I dislike. I'll make this short and sweet. If you have any questions about something, let me know, and I'll elaborate.

The Good

Good amount of power for a FWD car. I've driven the TL, and it cries out to be 4WD, or RWD

The seats. They hug you. Larger (wider) folk will be very uncomfortable. To me, they're perfect

Gears. All 6 of them put down some good power

The view: lots of glass, and nothing in the way. Contrast with the TL's *gigantic* A-pillar, which makes seeing in the corners impossible.

Brakes. We like to stop

DBW Throttle. I was ready to hate this, and replace it with a physical cable. As it turns out, it's very responsive, although I'd still like a real cable.

Voice activated everything. It's not just a gimmick, and for the most part, it understands me. I'm still learning what it expects to hear for a given command.

Bluetooth Integration is amazing. Caller ID appears in my front instrument cluster, and everything is operated via the steering wheel. I believe it also boots the antenna signal, as I have more bars shown on the car, than what I normally see on the phone, given the same location.

The Bad

Door lock rocker switch. It's counter intuitive. Forward (would be "up" if mounted vertically) should *unlock*, and it doesn't.

VSA has to be manually turned off every time you turn on the car. The VSA is the vehicle stabilising control. It will apply the brakes/throttle if you lose traction. I'm not into cars thinking for me, and I'm *really* not into UIs not remembering their state.

The suspension sucks compared to what I'm used to. Chances are pretty good you reading this will *LOVE* it. If I don't feel every grain of grit on the road, I am not happy. It's not as bad as a mercedes suspension, but I know Honda/Acura can do better

Car Navi Nag Screen.

Difficult to step back form a navi sequence. If you hit the "back" button, you often go to the default screen, rather than 1 screen backward.

Voice Activation delay. There is too much of a delay in me saying the command, it interpreting it, then doing it. Cut to the chase, and do it while you're reciting my command, as there is no interrupt for a bad interpretation (you can't cancel a command, you have to tell it to do something else to fix it)

The Ugly

The rims. Dayum. Can't wait to get rid of them.