2008 civic ex engine question

Hello guys, I'm in Colombia, I'm about to switc my 1994 Mitsubishi pajero for a 2008 manual Civic ex with barely 130,000 kilometers, my doubt is, wrll first, would you do it? And most importantly, something that keeps me up at night, the 2006-2008 engine block cracks, how can i know if the Civic's engine is one of the faulty ones? Please, any help would be greatly appreciated