Thanks for the advice and kind remarks Mark (GreenAndBlue) - been a "Drug Dealer" (sounds more exciting doesn't it? ) for the past 12 yrs and have been working on my doctorate for the past 3 which I am hoping to have completed by this summer - this car was my early "graduation" gift (because I'm in major burn-out mode )

Was hesitating on adding my first tank mileage to the db since I didn't want to bring down the average - but it looks like I didn't after all
Am currently getting 31 mpg now thanks to all the helpful advice

One more quick question though, do they make a NAVI screen protector as they do for PDAs? Yes, I am that anal - comes with the job