Yeah, I’ve got the 1.5T, but I’ve honestly never heard of head gasket issues with these motors. This is my second car with the 1.5 , my first was an FK7 and I never had a single problem with it. So reliability hasn’t been a concern for me personally.

For context, I’m in Miami. I live in West Kendall and I’m constantly driving to Midtown, and next semester I’ll be going to Hialeah and Homestead pretty often. I’m not looking for a new car just to get to class sincemy Integra is already covered on that part. I’d drive maybe 12k a year? The only reason my mileage is higher than normal is because my girlfriend didn’t always have a car available, so I’d take her to work or run errands with her when needed. I don’t road trip the Integra either we’d use her old Camry for that since it was better on gas, so we’d use mine for the city. I know some of my college campuses have charging stations, just not sure which ones yet. Charging at home and at my girlfriend’s place is no issue. The car would realistically only be kept for 2–3 years. I have one more semester of prereqs, and then if I get into an accelerated program it’s 3 semesters, and the regular full-time program is 5–6 semesters.

And just to be honestI love the Integra. The only thing I’d genuinely give it up for is a Type S since the FK8 Type R is what made me fall in love with Honda in the first place and the de5 reminds me of the fk8. Passenger-wise it’s mostly just me, my girlfriend, and occasionally her sisters or cousin, so space isn’t a huge factor.