being a em1 owner, heres the deal i think really good car which suprised me as i never had love for honda before as i was a nissan turbo follower.
however after owning my em1 for some months now very happy except the seats got them re padded however not they r fine.
other than that i get 450kms out of 45litre tank to which i can never put in more than 40litres
as for performace i have done CAI i/h/e and can keep up wif my mates vz storm ute with same mods as mine, older 5ltrs list goes on, so u will be no snail and its quiet a fun little car to throw around and fun playing in the vtec range and at the end of the day being 99-00 u wont get much troubles + low kms......ppl will disagree thats dc2 lovers but take both for a try and make ur opion