What's Wrong With This Picture: The Color of Manually Edition

by Jack Baruth

Published: November 25th, 2010

what s wrong with this picture the color of manually edition

You’re shopping for a new Acura TSX, and you’re the kind of young go-getter who demands to shift it yourself. Naturally you’ll want to check it out online… but something’s wrong here…

Configuring the same car with an automatic shows the difference:

That’s right. Acura has decided that anybody crazy enough to order a stick shift in their TSX should be denied access to crazy colors like, uh, maroon and blue. What the hell? I suppose lime green is out of the question, no matter what you choose.

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Hurls on Nov 27, 2010

I'm not sure how many young go-getters can row their own these days, but I guess we can stipulate it for purposes of this discussion.

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Tifighter on Nov 30, 2010

Another one: the Mazda5 with a manual. Three colors, two of which are silver and grey...

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