Ya even in NorCal, they are extremely rare. I wanted to trade my current Honda, for a nice black one they had at Autowest this weekend, but dealer didn't want to pay off my Tundra and Honda, totaling both around $10K...go figure
Anyway, the dealer replied back to me that the 6-spd Honda's are supposedly limited edition and that black one was only 1 of 25 that where being sold in the entire nor cal area...what a crack :loco:
And your right, the "V6" emblem was a red color indeed and it did have 17" rims on it. It look sweet.