It's been way too long ago since I drove the 1G TSX, so I don't remember much about it other than that it was pretty smooth. But my old man has a 10th gen Civic with the pedestrian K20C2, and I really like the way his car drove. There is nothing fancy about any aspect of the car, but it has a very easy going and workhorse manners that makes it very pleasant to drive. It is a much bigger car that rides on Mac struts instead of wishbone suspension, but I suppose it still shares some of that old school Honda engineering genes with the 1G TSX.
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Originally Posted by supafamous
I love the K24A2 in the 1G TSX - for a commodity motor it was so smooth and easy going. There isn't a modern commodity 4 cylinder that's as nice to drive as that nearly 20 year old motor. All the comparable current 4 cylinders from Mazda, Toyota, Nissan etc are trashy compared to it. I never get bored of driving it (FIL has my TSX now) even when it tied to a 5 speed auto.
The K20C in my RDX is pretty meh - it doesn't help that they pipe in fake sounds that try to make it sound like a bigger engine but the fake sounds are just covering up how boring the engine is (relatively speaking).
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