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2009 Acura TSX, Part Three
2009 Acura TSX, Part Three-May 2024
2024-02-19 EST 22:10:19

We know the is feature rich and comfortable, but it's really boring. Should you trade some of your riches to buy one?

After working your way through an intense five-year masters accounting program, passing your tests, becoming a licensed CPA and landing a job at PWC you've earned a luxury car. Not just any luxury car, one with leather seats, a kicking stereo, NAV system, backup cameras. The works. You've been driving a Toyota Corolla for the last ten years, saving your money, and you can't believe you've found a car capable of driving better than your Corolla for only $32,000!

It's taken 12 years, but you've just completed your undergraduate Philosophy degree and you've just bluffed your way into an awesome, high-paying gig in the city. It's time to ditch the trusty E30 and step up to something more grown up without sacrificing the fun. It doesn't even need to have a stereo and you know how to use a map. You're want to get something capable of driving better than your Bimmer, and you can swing $35,000.

Speed Merchants: No

Fashion Victims: No

Treehuggers: No

Mack Daddies: Yes

Tuner Crowd: No

Hairdressers: Yes

Penny Pinchers: No

Euro Snobs: No

Working Stiffs: No

Technogeeks: Yes

Poseurs: Yes

Soccer Moms: No

Nascar Dads: No

Golfing Grandparents: No

Very Serious Businessmen: Yes

Sheiklets: No

• Audi A4

• Volkswagen CC

• Top-O-The-Line Accord

• Saab 9-3 Sedan

• The 2008

• Manufacturer: Acura

• Model: TSX

• Model year: 2009

• Base Price: $29,160

• Price as Tested: $32,500

• Engine type: NA 2.4-liter Inline-4

• Horsepower: 201 HP @ 7000 rpm

• Torque: 172 lb-ft @ 4400 rpm

• Transmission: 5-Speed Automatic w/paddles

• Curb Weight: 3,415 lbs

• LxWxH: 186.1" x 72.4" x 56.7"

• Wheelbase: 106.4"

• Tires: P225/50 R17

• 0 - 60 mph: 8.6 seconds

• Top Speed: 130 MPH (est)

• EPA Fuel economy city/highway: 20/28 MPG

• NHTSA crash test rating: *****/*****

Last week, we asked: What's the ideal Honeymoon car? No one said the 2009 Acura TSX. Smart.

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