thanks for the info peeps.
i talked to my parents and they told me they would loan me a couple g'z - so now im thinkin of gettin a 99 Civic Si. i was lookin through the internet and saw that there are a lot of salvaged ones for around 8-10g'z. almost all of them claim that it was a theft recovery. are these worth getting? and how do i know if they are lying about being a stolen car when it was really crashed and totaled?