My 2nd car, gracious Honda Acura TSX

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Roman

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My German/Japanese beauty

Honda, 2004, Acura TSX

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I've chosen this wonderful Honda model because of its outstanding characteristics, fashionable look and reasonable price. Basically it's an exquisitely shaped streamlined 4-door 5-seated sedan with leather upholstered saloon and impressively designed ultra-convenient dashboard, equipped with a superb 2.4-liter engine built on variable valve timing technology, remarcably eco-friendly (due to low exhaust rates) and economical (22 mpg city, 31 mpg highway fuel economy), plus a unique 6-speed manual gearbox very convenient to handle. My car is of average dynamics, slightly less powerful than the Saturn SUV I used to have, making 200 horsepower at 6800 rpm, 165 lb/ft torque at 4500 rpm, front-wheel drive.

What I especially love about my car's characteristics is its safety rates, perfectly tuned sport suspension and miraculous brakes slowing any speed down to 0 just instantly. The standard tires I buy for my cool Honda are Michelin Pilot and the grip they provide is just excellent.

I remember last November I was boasting my cool car and my driving skills in front of a group of gorgeous girls on an ice-covered square in the center of Bacau. I was messing with my car's speed and direction of movement, making keen turns and sliding recklessly across the ice-covered square in a whirl of snow, and supenly I faced another cool car rushing on the square on a crazy speed. The collision seemed to be inevitable, yet I didn't loose control and instantly hit the brakes, turned my still gliding Honda in the direction perpendicular to the line of that blockhead's movement and switched 3rd speed. Although he hit his brakes too, the surface was so slippery so his car (now I recall that was Mercedes-Benz) kept its movement and was just about colliding with my Honda's back. Due to my efforts we avoided the crash some 4 inches, then he disappeared and basically although I was really angry I didn't try to follow, since we both were guilty of the incident caused by our reckless driving. The girls witnessing it were shocked, yet I smiled to them victoriuosly and made my way home, promising myself to give up such monkey tricks in the future. So it ended all right, only because of my car's marvellous brakes and traction control electronics.

I guess now you see how wonderful and reliable my Honda Acura TSX is.

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  By Zeitgeist on 02-28-2006:
  

  I found this car story very informative too. And give it ten points.

  

  By phat_chat on 02-28-2006:
  

  Cool car story and instructive in the same time. What about now do you show off with your car still or calm your driving style down? Be carefull man. I want other car story form you, anyhow.

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