I've researched extensively. You can get 60mph highway if you drive correctly and do a few intake/tire mods. That was my plan, to buy a used sFe as a beater/2nd car, they are cheap and nobody wants them because they are MT only. Haha. And performance while not awesome is quite impressive, the car is fun for sure, not an ST but a 'mini ST' if that makes sense. With the upgrades and ECU reprogram it gets a few more HP and TQ. But I've become so enamored with my beater Civic that I might just keep that and save my $$$. Who knows, if a good deal on an sFe comes along I might grab it.