thanks guys for the replies & thoughts (@ least most of them)

first things first... I will NOT share a picture of her cause you guys would flip out. She is extremely good-looking, and we as parents have been approached many times about her getting into modeling.. plus she has a semi-steady boyfriend who's a real nice kid.... enough said on that front..

2) We will not lower this car... it's staying stock
3) If we do trade-up to 15" wheels one day will that screw anything up like.. speedometer, mileage indicator, etc? I do
prefer the larger wheels, but the tires (cheap Kellys) have less than 10K miles on them.
4) we're really happy that the T. Belt/Pump was done already plus the brakes, exhaust & CV joints...
5) we did prefer an EX and almost exclusively were looking for one... I like the 15" alloys + the VTEC engine on the EX's, but this LX was just too good to pass up and was also priced right. In addition, we purchased it from the original-adult female owner who really took care of it and has ALL records.

cheers everyone.... Tom