Hey all, thanks for the warm welcome. I just washed the car for the 1st time yesterday and gave it a decent waxing today. I'm in Portland, OR so dry days are something of a commodity over here. So far I still love the car. MIMI05SRT6: My daily up until the purchase of the XF was a (mk4) 99.5 Jetta GLS VR6 with a stick. I just changed the oil and you all were right about 8 quarts. I bought 9 but I didn't need the last one. I bought the spark plugs as well....then I read about the interval being 75k under "severe driving" and I decided to hold out until 50k. I also dropped in new air filters and cabin filter. Also, I pulled back the seal on the driver's door to look for rust and there's not a spot there. I'll hit the pass side soon just to make sure. BTW, here's a pick of the car while it was on the dealer lot before I drove it home.