Yep! 89000 is nothing for a honda thats been maintained well I had one with131000 on clock and run like new.
Automatics are fine especially hondas, we have run nissans for the last 15yrs and never had a problem with gearboxes I can't count the number of problems we had with manual gearboxes.

You dont need a car that makes a huge noise, as part of her Phd degree a friend of ours looked into the need for young boys to have noisy cars and the conclusion she came to was that it was because they had small penises or could not find a girlfriend or both and they needed to compensate for this by driving noisy cars with loud stereos, just a thought!!
Anyway choose carefully

NCM
Nightcrewman Reviewed by Nightcrewman on . Help with choosing a car for a 16 year-old. Ok i was looking for some input on this choice between two cars. I have a choice between 1. 2002 Honda Accord Ex Coupe with a manual transmission. 89,000 miles, $8000 2. 2002 Honda Accord Ex V6 Sedan Automatic 105,000 miles from my mom. Price, dont worry about it too much, basically it comes down to v6? or manual? Rating: 5