Hello fellow bay area person
I'd recommend finding a si, cause if you ever plan on swapping to anything a si makes wiring a lil easier. You could throw on an exhaust, intake, header and high flo cat and that would be peppyer than stock. Or for a lil more you could swap in a d16z6 SOHC Vtec which would give you a decent boost in HP so it would be a fun daily driver.
Depening on if you find a low mileage or high mileage would be a deciding factor on if you should look for a swap or not.