Buy a fun car to drive. Even in heinous traffic I am happier being stuck in gridlock traffic in my STi than in the other two boring cars we own.

Good to know. I'd love to read an update when you transition to a regular car seat, they change everything. BTW, I'm looking forward to your series as I have a 6 and a 7 year old and I refer to my STi as the Family Race Car.

Your 20-month-old is small enough to fit in an infant carseat/carrier?

Thanks for the rant, it made me laugh.

Back in the second season of the show Heroes, Nissan came on board as a big-time sponsor. In one scene, Noah Bennet hands his daughter Claire the keys to his car and she says "Really? I get to take the Rogue?" And fans everywhere retched. It was awful!