@ poster,,, i am a proud owner of a 08 civic manual, i have the same problem as owais01, 1st is a strech, en sometimes shifting into second is kinda hard,, i mean sometimes, very rarely i cant shift into second, have to try 4-5 times..dashborad tends to get dirty really quickly, the huge pillars on the front side are kinda a drawbak, they are soo wide that sometimes u cant see, on ur right... otherwise an awersome car..