Used Car of the Day: 2003 Acura RSX Type-S

by Tim Healey

Published: November 23rd, 2022

used car of the day 2003 acura rsx type s

Today's used car of the day is one that speaks to me, personally -- I loved the Acura RSX back in the day.

This one is a 283,000-mile Acura RSX Type-S with a six-speed manual. The owner says it runs well but has paint peel and the driver's seat needs repair. For reasons that aren't clearly explained, the car is badged as a Honda Integra.

The owner is based in Petaluma, California (home of Lagunitas beer, yum), and he or she is asking $3,500 for the car.

Go check it out, especially if you, like me, have a thing for these sporty small cars.

[Images: Seller]

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Tim Healey

Tim Healey grew up around the auto-parts business and has always had a love for cars — his parents joke his first word was “‘Vette”. Despite this, he wanted to pursue a career in sports writing but he ended up falling semi-accidentally into the automotive-journalism industry, first at Consumer Guide Automotive and later at Web2Carz.com. He also worked as an industry analyst at Mintel Group and freelanced for About.com, CarFax, Vehix.com, High Gear Media, Torque News, FutureCar.com, Cars.com, among others, and of course Vertical Scope sites such as AutoGuide.com, Off-Road.com, and HybridCars.com. He’s an urbanite and as such, doesn’t need a daily driver, but if he had one, it would be compact, sporty, and have a manual transmission.

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FreedMike on Nov 23, 2022

In a week, this will be slammed and modded beyond recognition.

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MaintenanceCosts on Nov 23, 2022

These are good cars, but this one is completely. used. up. LeMons is the only reasonable use at this point.

I remember getting an RSX (non-S) loaner while my '04 TSX was in the shop getting some damage from a flying piece of scrap metai repaired. it wasn't nearly as refined as the TSX but it was at least as fun to drive.

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- Norman Stansfield on Nov 24, 2022
  
  TSX is a very underrated car. Wish they still made them.
  
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Wjtinfwb Nice car and looks well cared for. The accessories are mostly for vanity, their value is in the eye of the buyer. I see zero value in them but I like bone stock if buying used. The problem this seller has is his spec is not at all unique; not a manual, no Shaker hood, attractive, but conservative color. Today, AutoTrader has 130 used 2015-2018 Challenger Hemi's with automatics available. The average price is abut 27,200 and mileage is slightly lower than this example at about 40k miles. Almost all are at dealers where a decent negotiator should be able to knock $1500-2500 off the ask. This is a 25k car, the buyer may not believe it but stats would say otherwise.
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