Hello. This is a question which follows the last question I posted about car seat base angle. I am now assuming that Honda is the right manufacturer for me, and have moved on to asking about specific Hondas.

Background:

1. My goal is to spend a few years with a car that I will enjoy driving.

2. I feel I should buy rather than lease.

3. I feel that I should select a car with the maximum residual value retention over time. 

4. I feel that the most likely manufacturer is going to be Honda, assuming I don't find another manufacturer which has cars that fit me.

5. I feel that the best car that Honda has, from the perspective of my preferences, is the Civic. (I feel that the Accord is a bit clunkier--heavier and more ponderous).

6. I am interested in driving manual transmission. Have several reasons.

Other assumptions or presuppositions or "givens":

1. I should buy a new car because cars that are not new may not have been broken in correctly, and would be an unknown in terms of reliability over time.

2. Buying a new car is a good idea because demand for cars is high. Therefore, if I don't want to keep my car, I can sell it without incurring a financial loss which would be significant.

3. Leasing a car is not a good idea for me because the tax advantages are negligible. I will therefore have a lower monthly payment buying a car at a low interest rate than I would leasing a new car for several years.

4. The Honda Civic will hold its value well over time and is the least financial risk to buy, of all Hondas. 

5. The manual transmission option was effected by Honda because they wanted to make a driver's car that would appeal to a small group of enthusiasts. This is another reason why this car will stay in demand.

Questions that help answer the original question:

1. Does the engine of the car I'm talking about function by natural aspiration or does it come with a turbo-charger?

2. If natural aspiration is not available, then: with my driving habits, would having a turbo-charged engine be an okay risk to take? I am a very conservative driver, and I would use the turbo only when I need great acceleration from a standstill or low speed, or when I need a burst of speed for passing or obstacle evasion on the highway. I am thinking that, as long as I drive conservatively most of the time, I would not be engaging the turbocharger, so I would not be introducing too much soot and products of incomplete combustion into the engine.

3. Do you see the hatchback form factor as a disqualifying disadvantage? Speficially, for visibility. I have noticed that in general, the more parallel a window (front or rear) is to the ground, the more potential light reflection, and the more visibility problems due to sun glare and to dust accumulation.

Concluding hypothesis:

I should buy this car because I will like driving it, and I will be able to sell it at any point in the future, if for some reason I don't want it any more. Therefore buying this car is an acceptable proposition that beats the alternative, which is to keep looking for a car to buy.

Thank you to everyone who is interested in this topic.