by first gens i'm just meaning the first few years of runs, but i wouldn't be opposed if it was truly an awesome car.
seems the 01 and 02 civic and 06-07 were both the first few runs and had issues with trans and engine block cracking and such
2000 Honda Insight - 145K Miles this is literally one of 3 insights i can find near me in my price range and is the only manual.
list of cars so far
2000 civic vp 114k miles, $3400 asking
2000 Honda Civic VP Sedan 4D
03 civic 140k miles 3300 asking
***2003 Honda Civic only 140k miles!
02 $2200 asking, 160k miles BUT it's an auto, one owner family
2002 Honda Civic LX
01 corolla 97k miles asking $2500 might be a rebuilt title looks like a dealer 01 sticker on windshield
2001 toyota corolla stick shift..gas saver
couldn't find hardly any of the yaris/xa/ect
cavalier 04 94k asking 3600 loaded but an automatic
★94k miles 2004 Chevy Cavalier LS VERY CLEAN Gas Saver $3600
04 cav 114k basic trim asking $2000, stick! Guess i could plasti dip it
2004 chevy cavalier (low miles/5 speed stick)
05 cav 106k moonroof and extra trim, stick. Asking 2800.
2005 cavalier
97 SL1 105k miles, sat for a year, one owner, manual trans, asking $2000
'97 Saturn SL1 105,000 Miles One Owner
I don't expect anyone to actually check these ads out, i'm just organizing them for me to go back to and start contacting tomorrow.
It's unbelievable how scarce manual trans cars are becoming, quite a few looked to be good deals but turn out to be automatics when i clicked on them.