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I don't recommend an automatic, and you should also know that 97 and 98 manual cars had some shift-fork issues resulting in balky, grinding shifts into 2nd and 5th, eventually leading to a rebuild or replacment of the tranny. Not all cars had this, and there seems to be little method to when they occurred. I drove a 97 Base 5-spd for almost 90K miles w/o a problem from these, whereas a friend bought a 98 new and had to have the tranny rebuilt (under warranty) at about 10K miles.
Overall they are great cars tho if you stick w/ the 2.2L VTEC mill and the manual transmission. Great fit/finish and entertaining performance.
There is also a decent aftermarket for performance parts if that interests you.
Paul
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