I could afford it, I needed something reliable and got good gas mileage...and I had to have the EX cuz the EX only comes in the blue I wanted.

So basically for the exact same reasons everyone else said. Although now that I have my Civic and I do love it, I wish I would have gotten a Honda in 99 when I could have gotten the Accord body I like sooooo much. I don't like getting used cars, I wanna know who's been beating/taking care of the car.