If you're going to do the swap on your car, price out the swap to a manual and see what that will cost you. It sounds like that is what you're leaning towards. And the manual really is the way to go. Not only for better control of your revs and motor, and driver gratification, but unfortunately most Honda (and import) automatics don't last as long as the stick shift transmissions. The auto last only about 200k give or take 20k miles. The stick shift trans can last almost twice as long. So I think either way you slice it, go with the stick shift, and find out how much your swap is going to cost.
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