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At most points, I am living and breathing and taking in this extraordinary experience. The opera house is incredible, every other day I am physically manhandling some of the biggest solo names in the industry, the city is wonderful, the countryside breathtaking. In a few of the interstices, I am wondering if this success will continue, if this time isn't the actual pinnacle, and if I haven't bitten off more than I can chew. 260,000 miles. Yep, he practically circled the earth ten times. The final count was 259,721. Mom had found a buyer at the LA branch of her law firm who wanted to drive him and was willing to transport himself all the way from LA to pick him up. But since the POS was roadworthy mostly as a result of my stubbornness (and he no longer passes inspection in ANY state), I couldn't even give him away in good conscience to another driver. Besides, here in CA you can get sued for that type of thing. Name courtesy of my girlfriend Jenn, she[the car, that is] is a 2010 Type III Prius. I take back all my criticism of CVT transmissions. The test drive blew me away. And it considerably outperformed both Civic Hybrids that I test drove. Decent power, pretty interior, and so much gadgetry as to make both the jock and the geek within me sigh in complete ecstasy. With the first tank of gas I was heavy footed, testing her power and drove 380 miles. MPG: 42 and change. Successive tanks average about 47 to 49. At one point I was even averaging 52. In all, 4,105 miles driven since I got it on the first of September until the 31st of October. Happy happy joy joy, and I am NOT the granddaddy of all liars; rather, I'm simply hoping I haven't driven 10,000 miles by the end of the year. My biggest complaint about the car is mostly a funny observation. Since the car doesn't have its engine on by default, there's no heat in the car until the engine turns on. So if you happen to turn on the heat with the car in 'eco' mode, the engine pops on whether or not the car is moving. This...

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