Scion TC Vs. RSX Type S Vs. Civic/Accord

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NutBucket

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BTW, you can't get a Type-S with a slushbox last I checked.

EDIT: Though for '06 you CAN get an Accord V6 sedan with a 6-speed. Hmm, nah, my vote stands. The RSX is best suited of the bunch for a 6-speed.
 
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CombatChuk

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Would you get the supercharger package from Scion for the TC to make it more competetive with the RSX Type S?
 
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Chrono

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supercharger my foot. it's never coming out. i had a scion tc before and was anticipating for the s/c release... but it never came out. what i did was trade my tC in for a type-s and i've been happy since. the type-s is a badass car for the money.
 
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BTW, the 06 civic SI is going to have a similar engine as the RSX-S, but down 10 HP. The chassis is already basically the same. MSRP for an 06 civic SI is supposed to be 20K.
 
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mercanucaribe

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Originally posted by: Chrono
supercharger my foot. it's never coming out. i had a scion tc before and was anticipating for the s/c release... but it never came out. what i did was trade my tC in for a type-s and i've been happy since. the type-s is a badass car for the money.
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With the depreciation hit from trading in, you could have bought a real sports car for the money.
 
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Chrono

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true that, but i wanted something to savee gas as well. i get about 27-30mpg. and when i wanna go somewhat fast, it goes!
 
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geckojohn

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RSX!@ i just got one and love it... it's a sweet car and the inside owns over all the other cars listed
 
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TuffGuy

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If you're interested in performance, you'd be a fool to buy an automatic.

The RSX-S is nice, but for all it's 210hp/2769lbs, it's no quicker than my 162hp/2843lbs car. It might be better around a track, but since you're even considering an automatic, I doubt that it will ever see track time. You'd be wasting your money. And those 210hp are hard to access stumbling around town.

The tC is overated. I don't think that it makes as much power as advertised, it gets beat by everything.

http://www.motortrend.com/roadtests/coupe/112_0502_ordinary/index.html

how the tC stacks up against other "sporty" compacts

Consumer Reports most reliable cars

Civic reliabilty

RSX reliability

less reliable than a
 
Siddhartha

Siddhartha

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I am driving a 2003 RSX type s now. I would get another one if I wanted a sporty, front wheel drive, hatch back coupe.

 
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Psyber

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Current year, I would say Scion on both. The RSX is great, but a bit uncomfortable
 
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intogamer

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Originally posted by: TuffGuy
If you're interested in performance, you'd be a fool to buy an automatic.

The RSX-S is nice, but for all it's 210hp/2769lbs, it's no quicker than my 162hp/2843lbs car. It might be better around a track, but since you're even considering an automatic, I doubt that it will ever see track time. You'd be wasting your money. And those 210hp are hard to access stumbling around town.

The tC is overated. I don't think that it makes as much power as advertised, it gets beat by everything.

http://www.motortrend.com/roadtests/coupe/112_0502_ordinary/index.html

how the tC stacks up against other "sporty" compacts

Consumer Reports most reliable cars

Civic reliabilty

RSX reliability

less reliable than a
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:laugh: manual=nobody would drive your car
 
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