Peterson Toscano is worried I won’t come out of my new car.  Not to worry Peterson.  Someday.  Someday.

• My sideview mirrors are heated.  Something in the pods is generating enough heat on them that they’re clear of fog before I’ve even finished wiping the windows off in the mornings.  Not sure yet if they’re heated by a stream of air from the car’s climate control system or there’s a small electric heater in the pods.  The reason I’m wondering if it’s a stream of air is because…
• …I discovered last night that my glove compartment has a little vent in it I can open to let air from the climate control system in.  I’m assuming that’s to keep things like the iPod at reasonable temperatures while they’re in there.  I was plugging the iPod in for a drive when I decided to find out what that odd little knob at the top of the glove compartment did.  So I twisted it and lo and behold a stream of air started coming out.  Then I noticed the markings on the knob were similar to the ones that open and close the dashboard and rear seat air vents.  How obsessive do you have to be to put a variable air vent in the glove compartment?  I should check to see if the armrest compartment has one of these too.
• I’m not as well-to-do as the price of this car might suggest.  My sales paperwork says Traveler cost me 45 grand.  That’s after taxes and tags.  The actual price of the car itself was about 39 grand, and with 14 grand trade-in for my Accord, I’m not financing that much more then the amount I financed on the Accord (which I bought with all the bells and whistles), back in 2005.  But let me tell you…driving a forty-five thousand dollar automobile down the road, does make you a more careful driver.  It could be amusing to connect me to an EKG and watch my heart trying to leap out of my throat whenever someone cuts me off or pulls out right in front of me.  And I am a way less aggressive driver now then I was a couple months ago.  It had never occurred to me that this might be why luxury sedan owners all dive like wusses.
• There seem to be a lot of reasons for me to drive Traveler somewhere lately.  Oh…I’m short on bread.  Gotta drive to the SuperFresh.  Oh…looks like I’m out of stamps.  Better go to the post office.  I wonder how much color the trees have in them now around Rockville?  Better go look…