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Car Forum / Acura Cars / May 2004tsx basic new owner questions
I just picked up my stock acura last week no navi ...330 miles already on it.. love it.. but now I have a few basic questions... 1) The oil changes in the manual suggest every 10k miles! Should I follow it? It seems a long wait... 2) 91 octane or higher.. (Gas prices are crazy now) but i figured I would ask... 3) Anyway to roll UP all the windows with the remote? (I can use the key in the door) but other then that I need to use all 4 buttons 4) anyway to close the sunroof without putting the key in the ignition 5) can someone explain to me how the climate control works? Auto shuts off if I hit the fan button, or change the 'mode' of which vents the air comes out of but auto is nice otherwise... which vents does the 'auto' air climate control use? How bad does it effect gas mileage? 6) Is there a way to 'test' the alarm by shaking the car? Or do I need to bust a window ? 7) They threw in wheel locks ... if I lock the trunk is it ok to keep this 'key' in with the jack so I don't lose it? 8) Anyway to show the minutes/seconds the current cd is at without fast forwarding? (Change the display) ? 9) It seems the gas mileage is pretty bad, but I am told that's because it's brand new.. does this get better after I have a few thousand miles on it? I can almost see the gas gauge drop while I drive... (Ok that's exaggerating a bit.. but still, I am getting like 245 miles to about 15 gallons.. (only filled up once so far) is that right? seems really low.. 16mpg... I am not gas-ing it too much.. it's an automatic... haven't really used the trip tonic... That's it for now, but I am sure I'll have more in a few days... Thank you for your answers in advance.. "haven't really used the triptonic..." will be the reason for the poor fuel consumption. > I just picked up my stock acura last week no navi ...330 miles already on > it.. love it.. but now I have a few basic questions... [quoted text clipped - 35 lines] > > Thank you for your answers in advance.. > 1) The oil changes in the manual suggest every 10k miles! Should I follow > it? It seems a long wait... They're very inconsistent with this. The manual says one thing, but the service record doesn't match. And my dealer recommends a *third* schedule. I'm going with every 5-6K miles, and doing tire rotations at the same time. > 2) 91 octane or higher.. (Gas prices are crazy now) but i figured I would > ask... It's recommended but not required. > 3) Anyway to roll UP all the windows with the remote? (I can use the key in > the door) but other then that I need to use all 4 buttons No. > 4) anyway to close the sunroof without putting the key in the ignition Aside from using the emergency handle with the manual closing mechanism, there's no way that I know of. > 5) can someone explain to me how the climate control works? Auto shuts off > if I hit the fan button, or change the 'mode' of which vents the air comes > out of but auto is nice otherwise... which vents does the 'auto' air > climate control use? How bad does it effect gas mileage? If you hit Auto, you just set the temperature, and it does the rest. Anything else you do (turn on the defroster, increase the fan speed, etc., kills the auto. I've found that I like the auto climate on the TSX less than on my Honda Odyssey. The A/C doesn't seem to cool fast enough for me on auto. > 6) Is there a way to 'test' the alarm by shaking the car? Or do I need to > bust a window ? I did this by mistake. Leave the windows down. Lock the car. Then, reach in to unlock it. > 7) They threw in wheel locks ... if I lock the trunk is it ok to keep this > 'key' in with the jack so I don't lose it? I do. My take is that a thief is going to just move on to a car without wheel locks rather than messing with mine, even if the lock is in the trunk. > 8) Anyway to show the minutes/seconds the current cd is at without fast > forwarding? (Change the display) ? Mine has NAV, but all I have to do is press the "audio" button. It *doesn't* tell me how much time is remaining, or how many tracks are on the disk, which is kind of annoying. > 9) It seems the gas mileage is pretty bad, but I am told that's because it's > brand new.. does this get better after I have a few thousand miles on it? I [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > gas-ing it too much.. it's an automatic... haven't really used the trip > tonic... I consistently get 26-29 mpg with a mix of city and highway driving. I haven't seen a change at all since I got the car (it had 300 miles when I took delivery, and it has 8000 now). Hope this helps. John. >I just picked up my stock acura last week no navi ...330 miles already on >it.. love it.. but now I have a few basic questions... > >1) The oil changes in the manual suggest every 10k miles! Should I follow >it? It seems a long wait... I got the Accord with the same basic 4-banger and oil change recommendation. Reading the manual, it suggests "harsh duty" oil changes at 5k miles. EG, city driving. Especially for the first change, the dealer and I both recommend this in any case! Just had mine. >6) Is there a way to 'test' the alarm by shaking the car? Or do I need to >bust a window ? Isn't there a panic button on the remote, or do you really want to test the sensors? >9) It seems the gas mileage is pretty bad, but I am told that's because it's >brand new.. does this get better after I have a few thousand miles on it? I [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] >gas-ing it too much.. it's an automatic... haven't really used the trip >tonic... Curious. Are you sure you're doing the math correctly? Unless you're staying on the cam all day long (hi revs). Yeah, you have the auto, and on the Accord, at least, in calm driving the thing shifts to overdrive automagically after about a second of constant speed. I'll probably never touch the cruise control on purpose, with the great behavior of this auto, hardly seem to need that to achieve mileage. J. > I just picked up my stock acura last week no navi ...330 miles already on > it.. love it.. but now I have a few basic questions... I drive a 01 Prelude which is only similar in that it is a 2.2 VTEC with 200 hp with a redline at 7,400. Prelude owners look to using synthetics after break-on with changes around every 5k. With dino oil more often. Should imagine the TSX requires Premium as does the Prelude. I have reached 32mpg on long trips but typically around 26-27 urban/highway driving. But gas mileage depends entirely how much you drive in the VTEC. Don't know much about the auto as I have a 5 spd and can't imagine the TSX with anything less than the 6 spd. > 1) The oil changes in the manual suggest every 10k miles! Should I follow > it? It seems a long wait... [quoted text clipped - 32 lines] > > Thank you for your answers in advance..
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