Fun and sporty car

I have owned a 2005 TSX for almost two years. I will admit that I am not an expert when it comes to the mechanics of cars, but I love driving my Acura around town and also look forward to chances to get it outside of the city on a road trip. The car is sporty and I have not experienced the problems with rattling doors or gadgets that I have seen mentioned in some other reviews. Driving on curvy or mountain roads in the TSX is a breeze. I recently drove from the East Coast to Texas in my TSX and arrived happy and without a sore back or stiff neck. I have not had any mechanical problems or issues with my TSX and have only needed to have oil changes and other scheduled maintenance done on the car.

At the time that I purchased my car, I also test drove the BMW 325i and 325xi, Saab 9-3, and the Infiniti G35 Sedan. From that list, I decided that the BMW 325xi and the TSX were my favorites. The Acura won the competition in the end because it comes with so many "luxury" features as standard and I felt like I was able to purchase more car for my money. For example, I like having seat warmers, but probably would not want to pay for the BMW sport package in order to have them, which I believe cost around $1200 at the time that I was looking for a new car. I do think that the BMW drove a little bit smoother, but I am perfectly happy with the TSX and not disappointed at all in my choice.

I did not choose to add the navigational system to my TSX, because it seemed to have a few kinks that needed to be worked out when the dealer was showing me the features. For example, when the dealer tried to demonstrate the voice recognition capabilities that would allow the driver to say something like "gas station" and have the nearest gas stations pop up on the system, something like grocery stores popped up instead. Although it seems like many navigation systems have not worked out all of their kinks, particularly with respect to voice recognition, it was not worth it to me to pay $2,000 extra dollars for a system that didn't seem to work very well.

The only possible complaint that I have about the 2005 TSX is that it does not include (and at the time I bought mine you could not purchase from the dealer) a built-in iPod hookup. Although I don't consider this to be a necessity in a car and many 2005 model cars also don't have an iPod hookup, it's my understanding that the 2006 TSX and other Acuras include this feature.