At least in Reddit CTR sub forum, people are posting that they bought at or very close to MSRP on new CTRs. Posts like that started to show up in the last few weeks. Getting more common over time.
My car ownership list:
99' Tiburon - Ran dry nitrous kit
06' FG2 - I/H/E
09' Lancer Ralliart - Just tune
09' FA5 - I/H/E, ported IM, ZDX TB, RDX Injectors and Flashpro Tune tweaked by me
15' Lancer Ralliart - FBO + Custom Tune
21' Ridgeline - Nothing done.
24' ITS - For now will try to keep it...
My brother moved a year ago to Canada and he was advised to enroll into a carwash subscription that offers under carriage washing. Before getting home he stops by and does a clean up (almost every day).
Does it works?
Only time will tell.
It all depends on what you value more: Performance or Comfort
Should not be too different than comparing a Civic SI (10th) vs FK8 in terms of performance.
In terms of comfort, the ASpec should be better than the FK8.