This is very long, so I'll post the question first:

What's a good car for someone, buying new, not used, who has had Integras for 20 years and wants to continue buying regular (not premium) gas?

I'm new here, and I hope I'm posting in the right place. I have been a VERY SATISFIED Integra owner since March 24, 1987. For all intents and purposes, I have had three Integras in that time period. I actually had four, but one got totalled (not my fault) the third day I had it, and as soon as I had the insurance money, I got an almost identical new one. This was not just a vanity concern: I got rear-ended in a high-speed collision. The other guy's car overturned, but mine protected my passenger and me perfectly. My passenger was unhurt. I was injured slightly because of a vulnerability caused by a prior accident.

I've had my current one since 1998. It has 113,000 miles and runs very well. It's a 4-door, and I have to confess that I always forget the two-letter combination that describes it - probably LS, but possibly RS. It's got automatic transmission. I also have to confess never having learned how to drive a manual transmission car.

I've held onto this car for so long partly because I missed the window of opportunity that ended last year to buy an entry-level Acura that runs on regular gas. (Although that one was a two-door model, that was acceptable to me.) As someone who drives a mile to a public transportation park-and-ride area most work days (but does drive 50 miles round trip to work about once a week), I don't want a luxury car that runs on premium gas for this type of driving. Now, if I drove those 50 daily miles every day (especially since I commute into a neighboring state with lower gas prices), I'd consider the current low-end Acura that requires premium gas.

Even though my car runs great, some of the little things not related to the actual running of the car are starting to fail. I have had some problems with the front driver's side window. Sometimes, after I've opened it, I can't get it to close. It takes me several tries to get this done. (This was my first car with power windows, something I'd never wanted, but I had to get them with this car.) The dealership told me it would be four hundred-something dollars to fix. So far, I'm living with the situation. I'm touching the control in a slightly different place, and the window is working better now.

Now I'm having trouble with the CD player. I get a display of PE-0 or PE-O, which the manual just says is an error. At first, this just happened last winter on cold days with precipitation (snow, freezing rain), and it just happened three times. The first of these three times, the radio also "shorted-out", but the other two times, it worked okay. All three times, several hours later, the CD player was fine.

Over the summer, the CD player had no problems, although when I had the car into the dealer for the window problem and 105,000-mile checkup, I had them look at this. They couldn't find anything. This was July already, and the last time I had had the problem was in March. So I thought that whatever it was, it had cleared up.

We had a very warm fall in this part of the country. The first cold, damp morning we had, the PE-0 showed up again. And since it's gotten cold for good, it's shown up every day, including dry days. I suspect it's temperature-related. The radio has worked okay each time, and the cassette player has also worked well. I've taken to digging out my old cassettes and bringing them with me in case the CD player isn't working, and I can't find anything of interest on the radio.

Most days, I'll get PE-0 when I start out in the morning, but it's fine when I get into my car later in the day, or even after an hour or so of driving. I suspect it's temperature-related and only occurs when the temperature is below a certain point. Also, substituting a different CD will sometimes work. The first day this fall that I had the problem, it rejected the "South Pacific" original cast CD but took the one for "West Side Story". Friday, it rejected the "Grease" soundtrack CD but played the one for "Hello Dolly". (I guess it likes Barbra Streisand more than Olivia Newton John!)

I am very satisfied with my local Acura dealer's service department. I fear that if I go to another brand, I won't have as good of an experience as I have with these people.