I bought the 06 Civic Si, it was a recent trade-in at a Honda dealer in my area. It looks and drives like new, I would never guess it had 106k miles. It is a 1-owner vehicle w\ clean carfax for $10,700.

 

The RSX looks way nicer. I was going to suggest exactly this route to take, find an older S like an 03-05 for less money and buy a DD for work.

 

Get a CR, or any S2000 with a hardtop and low miles! Low miles gives you peace of mind. A hardtop will make the winter and highway driving more tolerable, especially as a daily driver. Although it's a Honda and will last forever, knowing that you're the one who is putting most of the miles on it is just icing on the cake. Happy hunting!

 

I too prefer the RSX looks over the Civic Si coupe and I would have rather had the si sedan over coupe; I don't hate the coupe but the sedan would have been more practical for a DD. The car is rubbing off on me though so I have no regrets with my purchase, the interior/body/paint is in awesome condition, motor\trans feel great, and the price was right. On top of that, I was in a financial crunch and needed to get out of my current lease asap and didn't want to settle on a crappy S2000 and figured I wouldn't come across many relatively new civic si's, locally, and in this condition for the price. Now that I have a fun DD I can patiently hunt down a nice clean s2k. It's so nice to be back in a 6-speed manual with a rev-happy motor, I've been driving a slush-box for the last year and a half.

I'm hoping to find a stock GPW AP2 (tan or red int) with under 50k miles, I will also take a BB or silverstone and be happy. I got such a great deal on my AP1, I can't believe how expensive they are selling for these days: in 04 I paid $22k for a MY00 w\ 18k miles. I see a GPW\tan every day on my commute to work and I am envious. My time will come though.