Thanks for responding guys. It wasn't a rule that you should not write more unless you had contrary info, it was just a thought to keep you from spending time on answering me again. Sorry it sounded that way! I welcome the info but it was all of you I was thinking about.

My car is a male version, we proudly stand! I have not driven a stick since 1996 so I'm a little rusty but am getting better. I have been embarrassed by killing the engine at least once in traffic where I got the "horn". You know what my response was! I'm not in love with the anti-theft device that causes you to turn the key to OFF, then ON again, if you kill the engine. Maybe I'll get quicker? So far we cannot come up with a great name for our car.

I do have 1/2" double back tape around the back side of the rear plate so it cannot rattle. I also plan on trying to locate the plastic inserts that blacklimitedcoupe referred to. Anything has to be better and less damaging than what we currently have.

My wife and I are very satisfied with our new car--even if we had to work hard to clear the 3rd bay of our garage to house it. It is still close-quarters so I bought some plastic door-edge clips and installed them where the door meets the car on each side of it and on the right and left doors of the cars on each side of it.

I ordered a Bra from Summit for it but before I installed it my wife reminded me of a clear plastic material we had installed on her new Diamante in 2001. It still has not "lifted" anywhere and looks as good as the first day. I called a shop in Boise that the dealership uses and have an appointment to get it done this coming Friday. It's a bit pricey--$750 to cover half of the hood, the entire front end, the backs of the mirrors and the light covers with a different material.

For those of you that have thoughts of a K & N air filter and have not seen where they reside--they are in pairs! I did not know this when I placed my order for one, then had to order another after the first one arrived. There is one aft of each air tube housed in the right and left sides of the engine cover. I'm saving the original air filters to use while I'm cleaning the K & N's. The originals are a high quality pleated paper unit from Mercedes.

I have only 200 miles on the car but all of it is in town and was getting 17.3 mpg. I am not a lead-foot. I once was and lived through it but might not be so lucky this time.

All of you know everything I know now!