Thursday, October 24, 2002

My One-Month Acura RSX Review. First off, i'm not an automotive journalist...nor am I a journalist at all. After having my new car for nearly a month now, I feel inclined to report the pros and cons of having the finest automobile manufactured by human beings.

First of all, I must say the seats are excellent. For those of you who know me in real life, I have a big butt. Those ergonomic engineers from Honda obviously found a cast of my rump and sculped some driving seats in the image of my ass. They hold myself and my gut in place when I'm taking those "20 MPH ONLY" corners at 25 mph.

The cup holders (which doubles as a change tray) are quite possibly the best in the business. I know alot of my readers can agree that the 'cruiser' cups from Taco Bell and even Taco Cabana are sometimes to tall, wide and gangly for modern cup holders. Honda has taken that into consideration and made a pair of cupholders to accommodate them. They also included three more cup holders for you and your friends in the back seat (if you feel that thirsty, I guess).

If I was a serial killer, I'd give the trunk space a big two thumbs up. The cavernous trunk space appears to be cut down from the previous generation Integra, but it is indeed at least it's equal. In this test, I took two trash bags, filled them up with trash and shaped them into the image of two humans. I put them in the back trunk and measured the amount of space they filled. Although there was some seepage where some blood or innards would spill out (in a real life situation), I was satisified with the results.

The back seast now cuts into the rear window area to create more space for rear seat passengers. My test assistant, Wally Champ, said that there is ample room to hide booze in case of a Police stop. That earned high marks in my book.

THE CHICK FACTOR. This car looks so good, I've been asked out on dates approximately 15 times in this last month. Despite that all the dates are from my girlfriend, this car is a major babe magnet.

There are few complaints about the RSX, mainly the Michelins that came with the car, the usage of red for the dash lights and all those professional cheerleaders that block my way when i'm trying to get out of a parking lot. These are all minor complaints.

PROS:

• Nice Seats for my NCE ASS
  
• Cupholders are deep, wide and meaningful.
  
• Good trunk space.
  
• Comes with LOW Miles.
  
• Good looks
  
• Kept it pretty clean so far

CONS:

• Red readouts still getting used to
  
• Stock Audio System
  
• Stock Michelins stink
  
• Good looks more prone to being 'keyed'
  
• Looking for the best spot to not get door dinged, getting annoying
  

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