Thanks for the advice. I was originally going to look at V6 coupes, too (though I really like driving manual better) but after I read some posts on this forum I changed my mind. I also drove one with about 80k on the clock and that transmission just felt wrong. Not nearly as smooth as a good auto should be. It's a shame to have that bolted to such a nice engine. Even with the jerkiness I was up to 80 before I knew what was going on! I'd go for new V6MT coupe but that's waaaaay out of my price range. (The asking price on this one is about $15,700). I honestly like the look of the '02 better, anyway. I did crawl around for a while looking at basically evertything. Even the spare tire, which had been used...I should double-check those rims.