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

Tim Healey
by Tim Healey

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

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 FreedMike on Nov 23, 2022

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

  • MaintenanceCosts 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.

  • Mike Beranek In the sedan game, it's now either Camry or Accord. The rest are just background noise.
  • Theflyersfan I know their quality score hovers in the Tata range, but of all of the Land Rovers out there, this is the one I'd buy in a nanosecond, if I was in the market for an $80,000 SUV. The looks grew on me when I saw them in person, and maybe it's like the Bronco where the image it presents is of the "you're on safari banging around the bush" look. Granted, 99% of these will never go on anything tougher than a gravel parking lot, but if you wanted to beat one up, it'll take it. Until the first warning light.
  • Theflyersfan $125,000 for a special M4. Convinced this car exists solely for press fleets. Bound to be one of those cars that gets every YouTube reviewer, remaining car magazine writer, and car site frothing about it for 2-3 weeks, and then it fades into nothingness. But hopefully they make that color widespread, except on the 7-series. The 7-series doesn't deserve nice things until it looks better.
  • Master Baiter I thought we wanted high oil prices to reduce consumption, to save the planet from climate change. Make up your minds, Democrats.
  • Teddyc73 Oh look dull grey with black wheels. How original.
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