This car is best with the limited slip differential that you can only get with a manual transmission. If you don’t know how to drive a manual transmission don’t be afraid because this Integra is one of the easiest manual transmissions that you can possibly drive. It’s like an automatic manual transmission. If you stall out, it will restart on its own. When you’re on a hill or leveled ground, the vehicle will hold the brake and will only disengage after the clutch engages. Basically you won’t roll backwards on a hill and stall out while you’re trying to go forward up the hill. And so forth and so on. If you ever wanted to learn how to drive a manual transmission, this is the car to do it on. While you’re learning, it will help you keep you in your lane and if you lose attention to the road, it will even beep and apply brakes for you. This thing is a cheat code. Very safe car as well.
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- Hey Acura, can you put leather seats in your Integra and ADX instead of leatherette ... crazy ask for a 'premium' company. How about pass.side height adjustable seats with lumbar, how about rear heated seats... look at where cost cutting got you. Play the game, or fold. your current state is embarrassing. We miss the days where Acura's were desirable...
- They let bigger Acura models like the MDX and RDX have milano leather. But then they give the lower models leatherette or “real” leather.
- there’s reports of the 1.5 turbo in everything Honda and Acura puts them in, have the potential for the head gasket to go prematurely, even on a completely stock vehicle. They’ve extended the warranty from six years 70,000 miles to 10 years 150,000 miles for head gasket related issues only. Wow I do appreciate the extended coverage ultimately, it’s an Engine that is poorly designed, and therefore should be recalled. Love everything else about the car. But if I get 100,000 miles out of it, get the head gasket repaired and get another hundred thousand miles out of it that would be more than fair. Contingent on the dealer paying for everything including rental while the process is being done.
- Good video. So from what I understand, they are identical performance wise except for wheel diameter and I imagine the A-spec might come with a slightly stickier tire?.
You're right, save $2,500 and replace the stock tires with a higher performance set once they wear out.
- I bought mine in April. This is a great looking vehicle. Urban Gray Black trim & grill. Red interior. But that's it. It's so incredibly slow. My old Crosstrek Sport was faster with a better bottom end. Over 8 0-60 with the CVT which was a bad move. It seems like it wants to handle the turns but you'll never know with the CVT. You need to get the stick. Better yet buy a WRX.
- Acura has always been creative with their grills, this is new and different and may not appeal to everyone, but marketing problaby wanted significant appearance changes to differentiate the years. Idk
- As much as this car costs, why do they have a big slab of cheap plastic on the dash? My old RLX has stitched leather and for this price and brand, this should be more premium, not cheap plastic w the same 1.5 turbo known for issues.
- I own a 2025 A Spec trim with the CVT. A blast to drive overall with great driving dynamics and precise steering. And its fuel efficient if you don't drive too crazy. over 40 MPG on the highway is no problem. The only negative is the road noise inside the cabin. It's loud in my opinion.
- This car has electric power steering and is connected to the internet, if you become too critical of the government you car could steer into a tree with you in it. Even without that Honda tracks your location at all times and sells that data to anyone.
- I don’t know why Acura would retire the TLX and leave a luxury Civic as their only sedan. The TLX was only getting better every year. My 2018 TLX has a dual clutch transmission (not CVT), and naturally aspirated 206 hp (no turbo). I’d consider it a downgrade to trade it for a 2026 Integra. 8 years later I still can’t wait to drive the car.
- You trying to compare msrps of your 2018 car to a car that didnt exist in 2018 is silly at best. The last model year of the tlx was 2025 and it was a base of 46k. The base 2025 Integra was 33k. Model year to model year they were never even close to one another. Whether or not the tlx should have grown in price is debatable but it did and it didn't sell so poof it went by by. Will the Integra in a few years? Maybe. But the TLX was never in the same price brackets as the Integra and was never marketed to the same group. And the TLX rode on a dedicated platform which cost Acura Honda substantially more money in R and D. The Integra simply won't have to sell as many units to see a profit considering all of its mechanicals are based on the already developed civic platform.
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- Hey Acura, can you put leather seats in your Integra and ADX instead of leatherette ... crazy ask for a 'premium' company. How about pass.side height adjustable seats with lumbar, how about rear heated seats... look at where cost cutting got you. Play the game, or fold. your current state is embarrassing. We miss the days where Acura's were desirable...
- They let bigger Acura models like the MDX and RDX have milano leather. But then they give the lower models leatherette or “real” leather.
- there’s reports of the 1.5 turbo in everything Honda and Acura puts them in, have the potential for the head gasket to go prematurely, even on a completely stock vehicle. They’ve extended the warranty from six years 70,000 miles to 10 years 150,000 miles for head gasket related issues only. Wow I do appreciate the extended coverage ultimately, it’s an Engine that is poorly designed, and therefore should be recalled. Love everything else about the car. But if I get 100,000 miles out of it, get the head gasket repaired and get another hundred thousand miles out of it that would be more than fair. Contingent on the dealer paying for everything including rental while the process is being done.
- Good video. So from what I understand, they are identical performance wise except for wheel diameter and I imagine the A-spec might come with a slightly stickier tire?.
You're right, save $2,500 and replace the stock tires with a higher performance set once they wear out.
- I bought mine in April. This is a great looking vehicle. Urban Gray Black trim & grill. Red interior. But that's it. It's so incredibly slow. My old Crosstrek Sport was faster with a better bottom end. Over 8 0-60 with the CVT which was a bad move. It seems like it wants to handle the turns but you'll never know with the CVT. You need to get the stick. Better yet buy a WRX.
- Acura has always been creative with their grills, this is new and different and may not appeal to everyone, but marketing problaby wanted significant appearance changes to differentiate the years. Idk
- As much as this car costs, why do they have a big slab of cheap plastic on the dash? My old RLX has stitched leather and for this price and brand, this should be more premium, not cheap plastic w the same 1.5 turbo known for issues.
- I own a 2025 A Spec trim with the CVT. A blast to drive overall with great driving dynamics and precise steering. And its fuel efficient if you don't drive too crazy. over 40 MPG on the highway is no problem. The only negative is the road noise inside the cabin. It's loud in my opinion.
- This car has electric power steering and is connected to the internet, if you become too critical of the government you car could steer into a tree with you in it. Even without that Honda tracks your location at all times and sells that data to anyone.
- I don’t know why Acura would retire the TLX and leave a luxury Civic as their only sedan. The TLX was only getting better every year. My 2018 TLX has a dual clutch transmission (not CVT), and naturally aspirated 206 hp (no turbo). I’d consider it a downgrade to trade it for a 2026 Integra. 8 years later I still can’t wait to drive the car.
- You trying to compare msrps of your 2018 car to a car that didnt exist in 2018 is silly at best. The last model year of the tlx was 2025 and it was a base of 46k. The base 2025 Integra was 33k. Model year to model year they were never even close to one another. Whether or not the tlx should have grown in price is debatable but it did and it didn't sell so poof it went by by. Will the Integra in a few years? Maybe. But the TLX was never in the same price brackets as the Integra and was never marketed to the same group. And the TLX rode on a dedicated platform which cost Acura Honda substantially more money in R and D. The Integra simply won't have to sell as many units to see a profit considering all of its mechanicals are based on the already developed civic platform.
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