We have had a lot of car transitions in our household over the past few weeks. Bottom line is that my daily driver has changed from my 08 Fit Sport (although we kept it) to a 2011 Acura TSX Wagon with the tech package.

Pictures when we looked at it at the dealership:





The day we picked it up:



We had four cars for three days:



Nice view to see out the window:



Got some plans for this wagon. A few parts are already on order. Can't wait to get started!

 

When do the XXRs, stance coilovers, and giant roof basket get installed?

Seriously, can't wait to see what you guys do with this. We love our 07 TSX and will probably buy another one when the time comes.

 

Thats pimp.

 

Can't wait for more

 

#bangbang

 

Thanks, hopefully we'll be able to start this weekend by removing that dark tint.


Thanks!

Can't wait to get started! Hopefully the stuff we ordered comes soon!

..okay

 

wagon got it's first bath today

 

4 cars for 3 days, which one(s) did you get rid of?

 

Got rid of the Mugen si

 

Aww nuts. That was the last one I wanted you to get rid of lol.

 

In for more!

 

that was a universal statement by all, but the ITR will be worth it.. promise

 

Unfortunately, it was the only way to make all of our other dreams come true

 

Arriving tomorrow hopefully!!

 

OEM goodness!

And ya I understand about the sacrifice for the greater good lol!

 

whats with the giant boulders on your sidewalk?

 

Lol our whole front yard was a flower bed. Recently pulled those rocks out to plant grass seed. They keep the neighbors kids from riding bikes by our cars though so we haven't rushed to move them.

 

Soup kitchen.

 

I have no idea what that means. Urban dictionary states it is a homeless person orgy so...I'm confused haha

Anyways... The wheels came today



Thank you auto fair honda. We were pretty happy that they came with TPMS sensors also, hopefully saves some additional cost.

 

 

I lol'd haha

Clean ride wish I could afford that

 

We could have never afforded a new one, luckily it appears as though people don't like wagons much so the prices plummet on the used one. We paid about 16,000$ off the msrp of a new one and it's 2 years old. Works for me!

 

So sick!!

 

Time for some updates!

Took our first road trip in the swagger wagon this past weekend to Montreal for the F1 race! It was rainy and not too warm but we still had fun



We bit the bullet and got some awesome seats for the weekend.

these were our seats for qualifying, great view!


So now onto the car, we installed progress springs. Although the drop was supposedly an inch, it appears to have been slightly more than that. The new ride height looks great. Additionally, the car remained enjoyable to drive, always important.

We also had the HFP wheels mounted on some new tires by a friend that works at Audi. Unfortunately, as we expected but were hoping for the best, the TPMS sensors will not work on the TSX so we had to use the TPMS from the stock wheels. Unfortunately this means I probably won't be able to get winter wheels for this year because a set of those TPMS is not cheap! This year we'll probably buy a second set, put them in the stock wheels for winter...and next year we'll put the sensors in a new set of winter wheels.

Somehow with the wheels and new ride height, the dark tint is starting to grow on me.


Ride height prior to new springs


car all ready to go


New and old










We decided to stick with the Acura logo on the car, despite me wanting to switch everything to Honda. Once we got the car, I realized how integrated the Acura/TSX is: it's on the stereo, steering wheel/airbag, floormats...decided it wasn't worth messing with the airbag and stereo on a brand new car. Therefore, we went with the Acura symbol on the centercap of the HFPs as well.

 

I love it when OEM wheels look so good, almost makes you think somebody at the company cares lol. I vote to keep the tint. I don't really like tint that much but it looks good on this, more VIP status...