Hah posts crossed. I remember seeing a SavageGeese video talking about this kind of use case: folks wanting the CTR performance and finding daily livability in the ITS.
Is it a marketing issue though that people are going to have to "settle" for "just" a Type-S at that price point? We're conditioned to think that "S" is lesser than "R". Even if Acura says all day long "nono it's not worse or better, it's two different concepts entirely", we have all the history as well as marketing from contemporary other brands.
Should've picked a different letter. How about G. Integra Type-G.