A quick follow up on the day after (archive)

After driving nearly 100 miles during the first six hours of ownership yesterday, today I drove it...0 miles. Zero. Nonetheless, here are a few thoughts, to which many of you fellow enthusiasts can relate, and many of you waiting can look forward.

1. Opening that garage to find a new car sitting...calling out to you...the morning after is like a dream. A feeling to be savored.

2. No matter how hard you resist, you will try to find any excuse to jump in and drive somewhere. Need some cash at the ATM? Or Canadian bacon? How 'bout some paper towels?

3. Here's one for those with kids. The back seat is more than adequate, even for rear-facing child seats. It's roomier than my (former) '96 Audi A4. Yes, you do have to move the front seat somewhat to clear the child seat handle, but it there's plenty of room back there for mommy and baby.

4. For those of you considering clear lens kits, here's my advice: if you got your car in sporty (vs. elegant) colors, get them. It really does make the car look more purposeful. Double that if you also opted for the sport package. However, DO keep your original ones, in case you get a fix-it ticket.

5. If you do any people and/or cargo hauling regularly, get black mats and flip the cargo liner to the rubber side up. Rubber mats are even better, if practicality rules over luxury.

That's it for now. When you do drive it, remember: respect the break-in period. This is much easier said than done when driving a car that just wants to jump like a cheetah at every prod of the throttle.

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