I'll try to respond to everyone in this post...
1. It has to be a stick, I wanna have fun while I'm young and cruise my automatic when I'm old.
2. All the cars I've listed I have seen on Autotrader for around $10k, most steer towards $11k, but I can bend a little.
3. The Accord 2 door 4 cyl
4. A 99-00 Civic coupe with a swap is a lot more luxurious than what I currently drive, the straight pipe to N1 muffler is like whoa inside the EG.
Thanks for all the responses!!