Hi, I just found this newsgroup and I was hoping someone here could help me
on an age old question.
Stickshift or Automatic?

I'm going to buy a Honda Civic 04 soon and I would very much appreciate any
insight into this. One thing that keeps me from better being able to decide
my self is the plain fact that I don't know how to drive stickshift (yet).
So I wouldn't know if it would annoy me by having to constantly shift gears
from block to block. Some other factors are that I live in Washington DC
where there is virtually no open road, I'm a 20 year old college student,
and in about a week I'm going to be moving out on my own (To Silver Spring,
Still commuting to DC and back.). Also, for those who don't know, DC can
have pretty bad traffic during certain parts of the day (Rush Hour).

I don't know if I'm actually going to want to do engine modifications. And
if I ever do make egine mods it'll probably happen about 2 years down the
road (So I guess by then I could sell the automatic anyway?). I guess my
main question is, is the immediate fun really worth the trouble?

Thanks in advance for your patience and help.
-RG