[jyl]

Well, the Prius hasn't even made it to 4000 miles, and my wife has already run into the trash can and dented the fender and scratched the door.

Grrr.

It'll come out with the paintless dent removal and detail guys, I'm sure - but come on already.

She doesn't understand why I look for a safe parking pace, either. Oh, she intellectually understands, but then she wedges the car in the "compact car" spaces between a rusty pickup and a soccer mom's minivan - and wonders why I cringe.