Should I buy an 04 civic automatic?

Found a great deal on an 04 Honda civic. Hearing nightmares about this generation s automatic transmissions. 01 seems to be the worst year. Does anyone have any experience with these cars that can give me some advice? Car has 132k miles. Transmission is in great shape now.

I need opinions on this road trip I'm taking?

So I'm driving with someone else from Dallas to Denver. I own a 2012 Chevy Silverado. The gas mileage on my truck is absolutely terrible even worse than stock from the stuff done to it. It would be very comfortable to drive my truck up there because of all the space and the nice interior.
But I'm buying another car for work to go there and back to save gas. So I'm wondering if I should use that car. It would most likely be a 1993 Honda Civic.
So, should I just take my truck and save up more money for gas, or should I take another car. If I do take another car, should it be the Honda Civic, or should I start looking at other years/cars

What is a fair amount of money to graduate Highschool with?

I have a 2007 Honda civic & a 2012 nissan altima both payed for by myself. I have $2k saved up my goal is to have atleast $8k saved up before I graduate in June. I'm just seeing if this seems pretty solid in contrast to other people in my position or if I'm behind.

Am I putting stress my transmission?

I drive a honda civic 08 with an engine code on it right now (p0776) for a solenoid B that's stuck off. It is an automatic transmission. It won't go into 2nd gear when I put it in drive, it just slips and refuses to drive anymore. I have only driven it twice since that has happened, but have recently discovered a method to get it to go so I can move it

If I put the car in 1 on the shifter, let it get up to 20 miles per hour, then shift it to D3, it skips second gear, goes straight to 3 and I can put it back in drive and drive normally until the solenoid comes in the mail to replace the bad one. There's not jerking and not weird noises, it transitions smoothly. But I do fear I may put damage on the transmission and I want to avoid that until the part comes in. Do you guys think this is a wise idea or am I making the situation worse?