About the mirrors and blind spots:
Thanks for replies! my car came with the little mirrors attached to both side mirrors. The perspective is so different on them and with the space they take up i'm not sure that i like them- yet i don't know if i can rip them off without damaging the side mirror surface.

And-i ordered a crankshaft Position sensor at Advanced Auto Parts today just to have with me for my trip to toronto this week. The guy behind the counter looked at me like i had a third head. He had no clue what i was talking about. But we finally found it in the computer

I have driven alone from cleveland to toronto many many times in by big old fat *** dodge magnum. I'm really looking forward to bringing the X and am trying to be prepared in every way i can think of. That includes bringing my laptop so i can stay in touch with my lifelines on the forum. Thanks guys!!