Have I mentioned on RS before about the time when I took a girl out on a first date in my Miata? I have just installed some super stiff metal-polyurethane engine mounts into the Miata, so she was buzzing and vibrating like a mofo whenever the car idled, and it was still really loud (and buzzing & vibrating) when the car was moving LOL~
I dunno WTF I was thinking at the time...

but I still ended up dating the girl for a good 1/2 year or so. But after that first date, I always drove the girl in the beater Civic I wrote above lol~
I also went on lots of dates and trips with le wifey, both before and after she became le wifey, and she never had a problem with the Civic being a beater. But that's why she is a keeper.