Hello all, Noob here.

I was swapping the transmission in my tundra and the RH exhaust manifold has to come off to get to the starter, when I got a peek at the valves I saw more pitting than I would like and decided to hold off on putting the replacement transmission in order to reevaluate sunk cost and opportunity cost. I've wanted to build an LS for a while now and debating whether to keep the tundra for the long haul which means now would be the time to go ahead and pull the motor to freshen it up, send my core valve body and torque converter off to be upgraded, install upgraded clutch packs and sell the extra transmission OR finish the job as is, sell the tundra and build and project with an LS.

In the mean time, I need a relatively reliable DD. I'm thinking accord, civic, corolla, camry.

My question for you fine gentlemen:
Of the hondas, which years of the civic and accords are generally more reliable? Of those models, which engine options are the most reliable? which are easiest to work on? Which have the best parts interchangeability for finding used parts?

Of the more reliable model/year/options combo, any model/year specific problems, known weak points that are easily spotted that indicate any particular care should be passed over

Prefer a manual trans for sake of simplicity and reliability in general, but I've also heard Honda automatics are particularly weak from around 2006-2012.

Absolutely will not consider anything with direct injection or a CVT.

If you have good info on toyota options, feel free to share that as well.

Any relevant questions I should be asking but didn't know enough to ask?

Thank you for your time and assistance.