my friend owns an accord that lacks a VTEC and it's weird to me after driving mine for so long. to not feel that extra little push after 4krpm. I would suggest that you get it aswell as a manual transmission cause like someone said earlier if you need to pass someone, it's not much of a difference but that VTEC can really give that extra umph. or you can just downshift
I'm basically saying, you get a much sportier feel with a manual VTEC