great post!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! - T
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yes brakes need about 200-300 miles to "seat in".. or break in.. if you don't break in the pads mating with the brake disc surface you'll glaze the surface and stopping will be even longer.. then the dealer will have to resurface the rotors and you'll be back being easy on them for another 2-300 miles..
I did drive a car that was finally broken in at 250miles.. and yes the brakes were completely different from when I drove it at 100 miles.. so yes breaking in brakes does exist..
about the review? I have a 96 Honda Civic Coupe that I'm selling once I get the tC.. and I agree about every bump and crack in the road with the Honda.. sometimes a normal "bump" feels like you just ruined the underside of the car..!! Honda may have the "on the edge handling" down for the race track or a perfect world.. but we don't live in a perfect world.. hahaha... The tC was very smooth, without feeling isolated, handled well in the real world and it could be "tighter" but that's what the performance springs and shocks are for.. I think overall the tC (in terms of baseball) hit one out of the ballpark on this! Think about it.. What else even comes close for the price? here we are comparing it to a car that is about $10,000 MORE.. that's amazing.. can you imagine what you can do to the tC for $10,000??!??
Great review.....it makes ME happy thats for sure. I was really having a hard time deciding between a used rsx-type S (2001-02) or a new tc. I have made up my mind on the tc, but still go searching autotrader and what not for a RSX.
Of course a new car is a smarter buy than a used, especially when they are the same price. But recently I have seen a kinds of problems brought up about the Tc. Granted, Im sure they are not found on every car----but nonetheless it is discouraging to read about.
I think your post has just ENcouraged me completely. Thanks.
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Of course a new car is a smarter buy than a used, especially when they are the same price. But recently I have seen a kinds of problems brought up about the Tc. Granted, Im sure they are not found on every car----but nonetheless it is discouraging to read about.
I think your post has just ENcouraged me completely. Thanks.
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I agree with your entire post....especially that last comment.
Just a quick note, my boyfriend has a 2002 RXS-S and we've both been in both cars for road trips now (28 hours on a road trip in the RSX-S and 8 hours on a road trip in the tC).
On the LONG road trip in the RSX-S, my boyfriend kept complaining b/c he said the seats weren't good for sleeping (particularly the cut-out in the headrests)....and the bumps in the road from all of the construction were absolutely terrible.
However, on the tC road trip he had no problems at all sleeping, and he didn't even recline the seat. He was out before I even noticed, and when I stopped for a drink and he woke up, I asked if he wanted to recline back and he said nope..he was all good. Hehe. SO that right there tells me the tC's seats and ride are much better.
And yes, I've noticed the tC feels a little more pushy while cornering (my boyfriend loves getting in front of me on curvy on-ramps and gunning it through the corners)...but I don't have any performance options on my car yet...so I'd expect that it wouldn't match or beat the RSX-S.
However, my boyfriend kept saying that the look and the feel of the tC(driving) made him think he was in his RSX-S. Hehehe...good thing I paid more than $6,000 less for my car than he paid for his.
Plan on ordering the Tc tomorrow. Thanks though.
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