# Acura TSX VS Acura TL **URL:** \ **Category:** Shift518 Automotive\ **Created:** [September 28, 2011, 8:27pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/acura-tsx-vs-acura-tl/260633 "2011-09-28T20:27:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 44
**Author:** ![TracEy](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/tracey/32/6561_2.png) [@TracEy](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/TracEy)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2011, 10:17am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/acura-tsx-vs-acura-tl/260633/44 "2011-09-29T10:17:32Z")
> [@Buffalo Police Safety Alert](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/buffalo-police-safety-alert/45696/87): > > The whole 3rd gear thing is in the manual Honda/Acuras only, and I have done a lot of reading, it seems the GM syncromesh tranny fluid fixes that most of the time. TSX are a lot easier to find in stick. Only one in forty TL is a stick, and to find a standard TLS is next to impossible for a reasonable price. I have been looking for sometime. I have seen a handful and they are just as much as when the car was brand new. For the automatics, there have been lots of good reports on switching out the DW-1 for Redline Type F ATF(which I have done to mine) and replacing the pressure switches. Acurazine, while full of ricers, has some very good reading. The 3rd gear thing freaking sucks! I have the Accord V-6, which I believe has the same motor and it grinds into third ALL the time. Seriously makes me RAGE, but the wizard hasn’t fixed it yet. :hug I have looked all over for a newer TL in a stick and they are unobtanium. Even the older body styles 04-08 are impossible to find in a stick, no one wants to drive a manual car anymore bc they are flipping lazy! Definitly LOVE the TL, especially the newer body styles. Good luck with the purchase, as everyone said- go drive both and see what you think. --- _[View the full topic](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/acura-tsx-vs-acura-tl/260633)._