Hi all,

I suspect this is probably an unwelcome and annoying noob question, so please feel to delete if so, but if it is fairly standard, I look forward your responses.

I know little about hondas - even cars, in general. Taken a shine to a couple of hondas, however, and keen to make my first purchase. Given my budget and preferences, I've landed on either an Integra DC5 or a civic circa 08.

Those preferences FYI - pretty straightforward.
- a bit sporty but leaning towards simplicity - not a flashy guy but don't mind a bit of oomph
- low maintenance cost (in all likelihood)
- low fuel cost

The civic is a good few years newer and satisfies my criteria but I also really like the integra - concern is around reliability of the older integra. what would you honda gurus get?