Hey Teri!  Happy birthday!!!  I'm sorry you miss your Miata so much.  I've been a slacker on teaching Alex to drive stick.  Last night, he was so cute.  He's all, "Colleen, may I take the Prius if I have to drive to bowling?"  I'm like, "What do you mean 'may I?'  You still can't drive stick well enough to take the Corolla.  I think you mean, 'I ( Read more... )

Alex and I went with Mom to a Toyota dealership over in Rutland, VT (yay, VT!  I miss VT.)  We went for a test drive in a Matrix.  Alex couldn't drive it though because they only had 5-speeds.  It was an amazing drive, though.  Totally smooth shifting.  I think even a newbie could have driven it--although, the hills I think would be more difficult ( Read more... )