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Old 03-30-2015, 09:40 AM   #12 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by redpoint5 View Post
What's even crazier to me are those who modify the Acura TSX (Euro-Accord) for performance. For much less money, they could have purchased a TL to begin with, or any other vehicle that already has the performance built in. In the process, they ruin the purpose for which the TSX was built; efficient, luxurious commuting.
Junior didn't pick a TSX to mod, it's just that Mom replaced her TSX around the time junior got his license. Junior doesn't want efficient, luxurious commuting, but he can't buy what he wants because he doesn't have a real job. He can't even get a straight-up trade because he doesn't own the TSX in the first place. But he can buy rice parts for "his own" car a few hundred bucks at a time.

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Anyway my point is some of these Honda kids are smarter then you think?
Some are. But the closest the typical one comes to tuning is the "tuner" wheel nuts he bought. Lots of cat deletes running out there, sure, but how many of them even downloaded and installed an appropriate map- much less worked on their own? The typical one is really only good at buying parts that said "performance" on the box. JDM, yo!

Grilles, shift knobs, HIDs and tints are more of the scene than hard parts. Actual added horsepower is almost nonexistent out there.
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Transmission type Efficiency
Manual neutral engine off.100% @MPG <----- Fun Fact.
Manual 1:1 gear ratio .......98%
CVT belt ............................88%
Automatic .........................86%

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