It's a 2000 civic and I paid $3k for it, it has a clean title with under 40k on it. That's why. I can swap an engine/tranny/ecu/axles into it in a day for under $2400 (under $2k if I look, but I would go b18 either way). And the Si has different suspension components then a regular civic as well as a much higher resale value. No offense but I didn't ask anyone here to justify my purchase. Even at auctions the shells go for over $3500. In this area it's tough to even find a 2000 beat up dx civic with high mileage for under $5k.