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I'd say it would be a very nice first car as long as you don't put any kind of shopping cart wing on like that dude has. Something oem, m3, or flustmount would look nice.
Reliability can't be beat. I drove a 92 civic dx till 207k miles and sold it last year and its still running good I hear. It was a really good first car.