Personally just have having riden in a civic and then driving my car, I would go with the Spec V. They are fun to drive, handle quite well, and if you want to take friends places or need to :idb: in a back seat some where you can. Another thing is once they decide to start making parts for Spec Vs your motor will end up being stronger, plus you throw a turbo in a Spec V you are looking at running down EVOs and things of this sort. Where the civic well it is a civic...

Plus Spec Vs have more comfortable seats

But I am alil bias since I already own a Spec V...