Umm... HELL YES. Acuras are very reliable. They are Honda's luxury division and are generally more reliable than Hondas. The RSX should EASILY last you to 120K+ miles. Hell at 40K miles it's still practically new. Getting a NEW Civic for $16K over a used Acura for 12K is stupid. Get the Acura. The only pitfall is that it may be more to fix if something goes wrong, but the car is fairly reliable.What you're doing is getting a car the right way. I always tell people its foolish to spend $15K on a new car when they can get a better used one for much cheaper.