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Sedans Acura TSX Legacy GT Limited vs. Acura TSX and TL
498 messages, Last post on Jan 18, 2007 at 1:52 PM
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I've taken test drives in a manual 6-sp V6^ Accord Coupe, an auto TL and a manual Legacy GT. All are entertaining cars but only one made me think there was something wrong with my 99 Passat when I got back in it to drive away... The Legacy GT really seems to have a lot more low end grunt than the other two. I hear comments about turbo lag but I have to say it's almost imperceptible on the Legacy GT (maybe its because I really know what turbo lag is  My 1.8 turbo REALLY needs to have the rpm's up a ways to get a decent launch the revs don't have to be sky high but if you let the clutch out before you've built up the revs a bit it's like stepping into a sink hole) I've driven the Legacy a couple times and even in the automatic found it to be very responsive (never thought I'd say that about an auto). The TL is by far the most attractive of the three but none of them are bad looking rigs and value you find in a V-6 6-speed Accord Coupe is hard to deny. I honestly think you could put an Acura badge on it and it would fit nicely in their line up. We are very fortunate to be able to have choices like this...
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Replying to: bodble2 (Dec 21, 2005 12:17 am) 
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You gotta pounce on opportunities like that, trouble is, it's not like you have $23,000 in cash laying around to spend on a whim. The GT, coupled to a manual transmission, has very little lag at all. With the auto I sensed some lag, but not much with a clutch. C&D's Forester XT (same engine, tuned for LESS power) ran to 30mph off the line quicker than a Ferrari Enzo. Not much lag there! -juice
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Replying to: ateixeira (Dec 21, 2005 7:05 am)
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Replying to: bodble2 (Dec 21, 2005 10:14 am) -juice
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Replying to: ateixeira (Dec 21, 2005 10:16 am) . I called the police after my neighbor's cars dodged the first 3 bullets but got hit by the 4th contestant. The guy in the Land Cruiser went for a 2fer and hit both of their cars! I had called neighbor's twice and gone and knocked on the door to try and warn them and on the third call got the dad (who had been in the shower) and told him he should come outside because his cars were gonna... make that just got hit.... Then a lady in a Suburban locked up on the other hill and just slowly slid towards the curb and rear ended a parked full size Ford pickup that ended up rolling 300 yards before it finally parked itself in a driveway at the bottom of the hill (pointed backwards). The unmanned pickup managed to pick off one neighbors car on the way by (they don't count in the total since they didn't have drivers). It was kind of like one of those insurance ads on TV where that golf ball causes all the damage... I think I may have decided in favor of the subie just based on this short display - that crash test rating it got recently might be more important than I thought!
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Replying to: mhattrup (Dec 21, 2005 4:35 pm) I hope no one was seriously injured in that accident! Ken
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Replying to: kens (Dec 22, 2005 8:33 am) It was feet in the air flat on your back slick out. I made the mistake of stepping off the grass once and barely avoided my own fall before I gingerly turned around and shuffled my way back to the grass. |
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that crash test rating it got recently might be more important than I thought! Bwa-ha-ha-ha-haaah! The AWD is secondary, then. -juice
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Replying to: rsholland (Oct 25, 2004 7:42 am) |
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