Was the Acura TSX the Last TRUE Acura Enthusiast Car? | 2012 Acura TSX Review & POV Test Drive 

My 2012 TSX Wagon is a well built daily driver and it's a unicorn. I can go for months without seeing another one on the road...kinda like a rare exotic.

I have a 2012 Special Edition. I bought it new in 2012. Since I purchased it, I have given it every maintenance requirement it needed and aside from the drivers door, all the other doors open and close like a new car sounds when you open and close them. I have kept it stock except for the radio where I upgraded to a radio that allows me to have a Carplay and a backup camera. I was going to sell it but its such a great car and I just got to 130K on it. It will be staying in my garage even if when I buy a new car. Its such a fun car.

I love my 2012’ TSX! I almost sold it, but I came to my senses and kept it. So glad I didn’t sell it.

I have a 2011 Acura TSX and totally love it. It has 193,000 miles on it, have had it two years and besides regular maintenance i have only had to buy a battery, i paid $7,000 cash for it. Best sound system i have ever had! Will drive the wheels off of it!

I bought my 2013 TSX Special Edition with the 6 spd manual as a CPO in 2016. It currently has only 64k miles on it and for the last 8 years it's been only maintenance/wear items that have cost me any money. It runs great and still looks new. Not sure how long I'm going to keep it but for now it's part of the family....

My 2010 TSX is a super comfortable daily, but coming from a 9th gen Si and an RSX, its a boat. It isn't amazing on gas, but it has a huge tank. I'm going for an ILX when this dies on me. It will have some of the nice interior stuff the TSX has but more of the 9th gen spirit that I miss

I put some tein street advance coilovers, 2019-22 19” Honda accord sport wheels and it makes the car look amazing. Compliments all the time.

I got my permit a little less than a year ago and I've been learning how to drive in my mom's 2nd gen TSX and it's amazing. Out of the other few cars I've driven so far, the TSX has to be my favourite to drive. Something about the steering and pedal stiffness is just perfect to me and I couldn't imagine learning how to drive in a different car. And it's great for freeway driving for this reason. It can put some good power down if you need to pass someone, yet it can also cruise comfortably if you want to. And the steering isn't too loose or tight to make you nervous around a tight freeway bend. It's truly a beautiful car and I hope to be able to buy a Sport Wagon TSX someday. But looking at car prices nowadays, I'm sadly not sure how I'll do that...

I have a 3.5 v6 2012 tech pkg with 280hp with 117k miles and I love it very fun car to drive rare to find the V6. Nice video 👍

Had an '09 TSX. Loved it

easily one of the most comfortable and reliable used cars on the road. period

I got my '14 Tech with 52k miles a couple years ago. It's not eye candy but it gets the job done. Vtech sounds great and yes it should be accelerating faster than it does. I'm not looking to turn heads, break the bank or the traffic laws. Just want to keep it as modern-looking as possible. I mounted a tilting droid tablet covering the stock nav screen and connected bluetooth with hotspot from my phone for music but I have to tilt the tablet downward to see the backup cam feed. Replaced the 4 stock 6.5s and installed a single 12" 800watt ported sub in the truck. (perfect fit). covered the trunk lid and spare tire well with sound deadening for the rattle and road noise (long trips are louder than it should be). I will start working on paint color correction, window tint, and LEDs before the summer hits. There is a Mic problem so controlling it by voice has been a pain. I replaced the center armrest leather and I'll be replacing all the pesky soft plastic door panel parks that scratch so easily. Don't close the door with the long handle, use the hand insert instead, and don't pull too hard. Other than that, it's definitely made to zip around the city. Premium only gas is a minus. Be if careful buying used

Owned a 2009 6MT for about a year. It was fine but I wanted more power so I traded it in for a TL SH-AWD, which I’ve dailied for years. About the only thing I miss about the TSX is the fuel economy.

I had a 2011 TSX auto. I had a chance to drive a 6MT model, and it is a totally different car. WAYYY quicker and fun. Hard to find these.

I have a 4th gen pre face lift, and I immediately bought a RonJon sport design grille. Car looks so great. I could not STAND the beak.

Coming from 2005 RSX, 2010 TSX with 6 speed is an upgrade for me. It is hard to find one in manual and I am planning to keep this car for long.

I purchased a 2010 TSX V6 in 2017 w/ 60k miles for $14.5k...it's about worth that in 2023. I have never seen another v6 on the road in MO since I've owned it. I LOVE my car.

I dont hate my 2009 tl shawd and honestly the design in my opinion is different and I don't hate it if anything it blends with a lot of creative front faces that exist even for 2023

Love my 12' special edition 6spd tsx. Such a fun car. 145k mi and going strong

The way you described the exterior of this car was somewhat..... poetic.

2014 Acura tsx tech owner here. Warning! The brakes fail in cold weather, brake pedal becomes hard and unresponsive. Replace check valve hose at the power brake booster, bleed your brake system. This should help. Great car, easy to work on, inexpensive parts. Recently replaced my hid ballast and it was easy to remove the headlights.

I have a 2010 tech package and wow I had no idea the base model was so bad in terms of tech

omg was this filmed in bloomfield? haha i recognize this park😭

Hello great video question do all 2012 tsx have a sunroof or moonroof or is there an option without it

Any help for tuning this?

I love my spicy Accord

Over 250k on my TSXs. I cant find a cheap car that has nearly the same reliability. Underperforms on the highway? What do you expect besides 29 mixed mpg at 85mph

does anyone have a whine at 40-50mph

Gearing on the 5 speed auto is for mileage, not acceleration

I picked up my 2013 last year around this time. Had 109k on it and now 124k. Just did a decent amount of preventative maintenance. Made me love it even more. Now I need the wagon. The one thing I hate...the interior door handles scratch sooo damned easily (the handles to pull the door closed). I also picked mine in NJ and there's ONE rust spot.. the latch on the hood. Only things I have done is a serge bo tune amd exhaust. The tune is my favorite part. Thats it so far. The car seems sluggish because the gears are long in the automatic and falls out of vtec in stock form with every shift. (Tune it you'll notice a difference)

The ones without the tech package is better to be able to upgrade to aftermarket double din with car play and android auto. The tech package ruins that and is pain in the ass to change

Tsx gang 🔥🔥

The best thing about it is it’s made in Japan

bought a 2011 tsx will light front end damage --car looks and drives like brand new ---best part is it,s a 4cyl automatic with just 33thousand miles on it. ---paid 13-thousand for it ---truly a bargain at this price ---p.s. it now has 40-thousand on it best car i ever owned.

I like the first gen TSX 06-08 better, it looks a lot sportier.

Wow i really got lucky on mine, 2011 acura tsx 72k miles for $5k

If you’re into modifying cars, the 1st gen TSX has a lot more aftermarket support than this 2nd gen.

Have a 2011 TSX V6 (280hp) that I bought in 2013 with 18k miles on it for $23k. Absolutely cherry with galactic blue paint. Best buy I ever made. I think it looks better than the TL, although maybe not quite as sporty.

I have a 2012 with 93K miles on it, definetely gone change the grill, how long you think she’ll last me ?

I have an 05 picked her up with 87 thousand orginal miles for my daily been three years and she's at 117,700 now love the balance

Acura cut back on a lot of things to get prices down starting in the 2009 line up. Keep in mind this was when the 2008 housing collapse happened so there was less money to go around. Everyone was financially struggling so people had less to spend on cars. Acura pulled a Nissan and cheaped out on everything for the 2009 TSX. The true VTEC on the intake and exhaust on the 2008 TSX? Gone. The forged aluminum RRC manifold in the 2008 TSX? Gone, it's just plastic in the 2009. High feedback hydraulic steering in the 2008? Gone. There's so many more things I can list. This is the reason I got a 1st gen TSX and not the 2nd gen. I even test drove a 2014 TSX to do a fair comparison and not just rely on rumours or bias.

I don't mind the beak tbh my only complaint is they didn't color match it with the rest of the car

My 09 is giving up on me 😢

The screen is ripped from the 8th gen accord 😮

That last enthusiast Acura was the RSX. This was an accord

5 million wires 😹😹😹dude

this is just a honda accord

Lol , in Europe that's a Honda Accord