Thanks to all who offered thoughts on the car & especially Mike who went to check it out for me. Unfortunately, the car was sold. It was an alabaster ltd coupe--grey interior--stick w/less than 5,000 miles & the dealer was around $16,000 at the time of sale. A great deal on a clean car. They shipped it to Washington state. Anyway--still on the look out. There seem to be a lot more convertibles than coupes on the market. I've also noticed that most of the 07-08 coupes offered for sale are automatics. I did find a low-miles '04 black w/a stick that is nearby & am going to check it out this week.