The right time was when gas was cheap.
If you do want to buy one now there is one on Ebay, but they tend to sell for the highest price on Ebay, last one sold for just under $5,000 with 200,000 miles.
http://motors.shop.ebay.com/i.html?_...506.m270.l1313
If you are searching Craigslist, search for Civic Hatchback, skipping the VX part and just look for the VX wheels in the photos.
Otherwise we all have our price, mine doesn't have any rust and only has 222,000 miles... $6,000?