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I drove a RDX on Tuesday when my TSX was in for its FREE regular maintenance if I took a test drive ("Free" = $430 by the end of the day, but that's another story.)
Very impressive road presence. You feel in command of the road. "Kneel before me, lowly E-Class", "Make room, 5-Series, I'm more important than you." The handling was up there with my TSX, and felt more fluid doing it. One quick multi-lane change around some lesser vehicles surprised even me (and shut up the babbling salesman in the back seat, at least for a few seconds). It has been a while, but I don't remember the original RDX handling this well. The ride was quite firm, not as jiggly as the TSX, but that's the way I like it.
But alas, the practical side. We found no compelling reason to lay down $17K - $19K plus the Crosstour right now. The CT does almost everything as well as the RDX, including interior room and below-the-window-sills luggage capacity.
Disappointments included the lack of reclining rear seat, no lane change camera like on the '13 Accord, and the no power tailgate on the non-Tech version. (We don't need high-end stereo, don't play tunes from an iPod, and don't need navigation. In our case, a $7 Rand McNally Road Atlas and Google Maps on the smart phone work well for us.) Sorry, $3K for a power tailgate doesn't cut it. And the '10 CT is "brand new" except for tires and maybe brakes. 37K miles and spotless body.
As the late Tom Hnatiw used to say on Dream Car Garage, "Do you WANT a car like that?" Well, heck yeah! "But do you NEED a car like that?" Well, no, I guess not, not right now.
If we didn't have the Crosstour, we'd buy tomorrow. If we can pass the CT down to our kids and their ever-goring family in the next year or so, we'll give the sales guy a call.
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I had the 2013 RDX tech and traded it in for a 2013 Accord. While I had it, the vehicle was very solid and smartly balanced luxury and practicality. It felt very secure and overall pretty quick on the highway though sometimes it could be a bit temperamental on how quickly it moved from a stop. Hopefully, they include a few more extras on the base model in the next refresh like rear vents, adjustable passenger seat and HID. Perhaps by the time you are ready to move on from the CT, these will be available if you choose the RDX.
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CanTex
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This begs the question: You bailed on the RDX so fast? That must have been expensive!
I'd forgotten about the rear vents. My mere Honda has them, why not the Acura?
Another thought. If I'm in the driver's seat with the key in my pocket, and my vertically-challenged wife parks her purse with key on the console for a moment, am I going to get crushed like that poor assembly line worker in the movie Christine when I start the car?
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It wasn't that bad, as I only lost $3000 from the price that I paid during trade in, in addition, the dealer took off $1700 off of the price of the Accord. When I initally purchased the RDX I knew that if the new Accord had the performance and appearance that I wanted then I go for it and after owning it for almost a month, I have no regrets at all. But to answer your question, no your settings will be fine as long as your key was the first one to trigger the car upon getting inside.
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CanTex wrote:
This begs the question: You bailed on the RDX so fast? That must have been expensive!
I'd forgotten about the rear vents. My mere Honda has them, why not the Acura?
Another thought. If I'm in the driver's seat with the key in my pocket, and my vertically-challenged wife parks her purse with key on the console for a moment, am I going to get crushed like that poor assembly line worker in the movie Christine when I start the car?
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Only if you drop your cigar ashes on the seat cushion.
I test drove a '12 TSX several months back and thought it was the best driving Honda/Acura sedan I've experienced in many years. Very solid with a controlled, smooth feel over bumps. Our 1st gen RDX has fantastic handling but it's never smooth.
I have to agree about using maps. The first step for a road trip is to leaf through my atlas for an hour or two.
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CanTex wrote:
This begs the question: You bailed on the RDX so fast? That must have been expensive!
I'd forgotten about the rear vents. My mere Honda has them, why not the Acura?
Another thought. If I'm in the driver's seat with the key in my pocket, and my vertically-challenged wife parks her purse with key on the console for a moment, am I going to get crushed like that poor assembly line worker in the movie Christine when I start the car?
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Funny answer: No, but you'll burn up because whenever I put a bag between the two front seats eventually it pushes on one of the seat heater buttons.
Serious answer: We tested this out, because my my wife is 5' tall. The first key to be received by the left side of the car wins. If you come over with another key, it ignores it.
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CanTex
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MGP999 wrote:
It wasn't that bad, as I only lost $3000 from the price that I paid during trade in, in addition, the dealer took off $1700 off of the price of the Accord. When I initally purchased the RDX I knew that if the new Accord had the performance and appearance that I wanted then I go for it and after owning it for almost a month, I have no regrets at all. But to answer your question, no your settings will be fine as long as your key was the first one to trigger the car upon getting inside.
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So no more being a gentleman and opening the door for my wife, I guess. If her purse gets there before my pocket, I'm gonna get crushed. ;-)
Another factor for us over the next few months is to see how much we actually use the hatch for its intended purpose. That Accord trunk might just hold as much as the below-the-windows space on the Crosstour. And if the next-gen TL had a similar trunk, the decision gets harder. We'll sit back and enjoy the show for a while. Let the games begin.
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CanTex
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A couple of other things.
One reason for not trading is gas mileage: The Crosstour and RDX are very close in gas mileage, but the kicker is the extra $0.30 to $0.40 per gallon for premium.
And what's with the lack of cargo cover? Sure,I can pay for one at the parts counter, but why?? It was standard on my lowly Crosstour.
The RDX is still a great car, in spite of my griping. But gripe I shall.
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Hasnt the premium gas point been settled - the RDX does not need it, and there is no advantage in using premium.
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CanTex
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A77 wrote:
Hasnt the premium gas point been settled - the RDX does not need it, and there is no advantage in using premium.
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Oh, it has. I run regular in my TSX, and only once felt a little guilty and put in a tank if mid-grade.
The RDX website has "Recommended fuel Premium unleaded 91 octane", the "Recommended" intended to maintain a little of the guilt factor. It wasn't that long ago that a service adviser said that the computer has to adjust the timing and other settings so much to keep me, the stupid driver, from ruining the engine. Of course, he was talking about my old '01 TL where it would have made some difference.
Yes, if I had the car I'd burn Regular. But feel guilty about it.
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A77
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difference being the TSX is optimised for premium whereas the RDX engine is not. You will get slightly worse FE and performance with regular in a tsx, but in an RDX no difference.
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