2nd civic - I dunno about you guys but im happy with my used civic. after 2 bad experiences with stealerships and tons of net research, carfax, autotrader.... we found it at, of all places a finance company. not a dealership so, no frills,has a small lot but moves 30 to 40 cars a month. He buys them at the Orlando auction, puts them on Autotrader and they sell. He has everything from porsche, hondas, volvos to scions. I've bought from places like this before and you can get a great deal.
We put $1500 down, financed $12,000 at 3.7% from the credit union, plus an extended warrranty. the civic has 34k miles, so still has honda warranty which make the extended warranty cheaper. Dealership prices for the same car were around $14k with no warranty.
new cars lose way to much in depreciation when you drive them off the lot. i always buy a car or truck 2 or 3 years old.
