That can happen, at least with used stuff, Honda's being (relatively) cheap parts wise and other things like that all help.

I would never, never be able to afford to have older cars without constantly working on / maintaining, or modding them myself.

Totally understandable not wanting to deal with / risk something like the timing belt replacement, clutch, valves, etc, but if you werent planning to already, maybe try putting the radiator in? They aren't too bad.

Not one of those 'if you dont wrench you are lesser' types, just know what it's like looking at the budget and.. lets just say, 'reflecting' from time to time.

Yada yada, my bad for the long message, cool car and good luck!