To Red:
Well at this point I was lookin at a few different things going on. Was thinking of moving to New York with a friend also LA but for the time being I'm lookin for a new job im in the bay area near 92 and 101 but my commute is wherever my job will be and with these prices I want something with good all around mileage.
To suspended hatch: Thanks for the input really appreciate, but with a fewthings im not very familar yet. I was reading somethin on here before about changing with gears and other stuff I was wondering if that could be done with any car. Also what kind of mileage and price range were those suggestions you had because I'm mechanically inclined and learn fast but have no access to shop or things needed for swaps. I would definitely be getting manual transmission regardless of any car but I just figured the crx hf was a relatively cheap solution for the time being but so hard to find one thats runs and has a stock engine. Most I saw have swaps and only cheap one i saw was at
http://sfbay.craigslist.org/nby/car/639710373.html
but i'll look around some more and try to research so i understand fully what you are talkin about thx again for the input hope to learn a lot more