egxflash
Senior Member
I kinda see where youāre coming from. My ITS has its share of little issues that seem to be prevalent after spending a few minutes searching on here. Maybe itās the civic part of the car, maybe not - who knows.Hate to sound like an a-hole but, How's the build quality of the mdx type s? Is it as bad as the its? I've had my its for two weeks or so and I've found paint defects from factory, rattles, buzzing, driver mirror shaking on the highway, fenders on the rear doors peeling away, rocker panel gaps, body panels misaligned, huge amount of orange peel, and sheet metal panels not properly bent/smoothed. The its feels like an 18k$ car compared to my last vw gti(which was 43k$). I'd say it's on par with a tesla or Kia in build, not a vw or something else German. I'd already be getting rid of it if it wasn't so fun to drive,.
We have a q7 for trips, towing my racecar, and my wife's daily runabout, and compared to my dad's 2021 mdx it's very clear where the extra money went to the Germans... Everything is just much tighter, better fit, and significantly higher quality parts throughout.
If the mdx type s is actually competitive against the Germans in build quality now, it might be interesting to look at. If it's more its quality, I couldn't imagine forcing my wife to drive it.
Itās nowhere close to yours though. I just have annoying buzzes, rattles here and there but itās enough to make me question getting another NEW Honda product over say, another Mazda.
If you value a manual transmission as much as I do, the ITS doesnāt really have any direct competitor at its price point tho.
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