+1 on the tranny mount, can't forget that
Yeh as long as you don't beat the piss out of I rekon the automatic tranny would be fine...My 95 just rolled over 100,000 miles (mostly highway...but I do beat on it) and doesn't appear to have any problems, cept it started leaking a little about 5,000 miles ago...
Hardtops are allright, but personally I'd rather have T-tops..I have a convertible and love the hell out of that thing, but they're hard to find.
and I wouldn't worry about an exhaust ticket...you can hear me coming from a half mile away sometimes, and cars with security systems don't stand a chance when I drive by

...havn't gotten any crap for it so far