I suspect you've lost track; she moved near the end of the summer. (Now she lives a block and a half away from me in the other direction!)

Hey, as I said, I was on the side of sexy! :)

I'm not sure I understand the stick shift thing, either. I mean, part of the deal is that the car's brain knows when it should be using the engine, and how much. So how does that fit with having user -- er, driver -- control over gears? It is unclear to me, and yet strangely intriguing.