Sounds like a good option. I am partial to owning a car but not NEEDING to keep it super long unless I fall in love with it. You can swap em out and have fun learning new and different things with each vehicle.
The 02 Civic LX (it was not a hybrid) with 180k miles needed:
head gasket
a couple new valves
timing belt & water pump
spark plugs
valve cover gasket
control arm bushings
camshaft seal
front motor mount
both accessory belts
ball joints
filters (oil and cabin)
valve adjustment
trans fluid change
electronic load detector
front sway bar endlinks
transmission dipstick
driver's door interior handle
paint touch up
hood release cable
some light bulbs
alignment
18 pages of fixing it in my EM thread here:
http://ecomodder.com/forum/showthrea...ing-29210.html