New Car?

My car (now don't laugh) is a 15 year old Honda Civic hatchback.  No, they don't make them any more.  It has about 125,000 miles on it, so it is supposed to last a bit longer, yes?  Well, during my routine oil change it was discovered that I need a new catalytic converter and all the wonderful things that go with it.  It will cost over $1000, which I'm not even sure the car is worth.  I asked him, so, when will I know when it is completely gone?  He told me "when the car just stops".  Yikes!  That's not good!  All I wanted was an oil change!!!

Hubby drives a Prius and luvs it.  It has all the gadgets, power this and that, satellite radio, GPS, etc.  Mine is a base car with no power anything.  I still "roll" my windows up and down!  I have a real key and lock the car by hand, not with a button.  And it is a 5 speed stick shift.  I hate automatics.  I like to driiiiive a car, if ya know what I mean.

So, spend $1000+ and commit to keeping the car for a while?  Or spend a goshawful amount of money and get some fancy thing that has too many gadgets and NO GEAR SHIFT!!!!!!!  What to do.......