that "whine" actually sounds kinda cool if you ask me... my moms old car did it... and every other automatic 4th gen ive driven. Its normal.
Asimo- the 92 and 93 EX's and possibly LX's had a code for the stock radio... 90 and 91 did not.
RY2K- just cause one toyota tranny lasted till 260kmi dosent mean toyota builds the best tranny... my old honda has about 290kmi on it and the tranny is fine... my dad's friend's Honda has roughly 450kmi last I knew, and his car is all origional. Im not saying Honda has the best trannies, cause they dont... GM's trannies are pretty bulletproof... they actually make BMW's auto trannies. Honda has improved them over the years though... lets hope the V6 tranny is solid this time!