Your cracking me up. To answer the question, no I pay for everything ;) Ive been marries 24 years and my wife has never owned a new car. She's a stay at home mom, or was, the kids are grown and gone now. She has a rotten back (previous accident) and was driving a XJ6 jag which we had for years (her dream car) I hopped in to it one day to put gas in it for her, and quickly realized that she should not be getting in and out of that car, its just to low the ground. So we went looking for a new car, and mean looooking 3-4 months The first car she drove was the C-Max we purchased! I think it had 20 miles on it, and I'm sure we put 18 of those mile on it during the test drive. I've been a car guy from day one! I own three Range Rover P38's, which I rebuilt from the ground up. I own a 57 Chevy restored. I have built Motorcycles, Jeeps, VW's,Trucks, boats and so on..Currently I'm building a new motor for one of my Range Rovers. I'm a GEAR HEAD at heart! I own a website www.becmdoctor.com The C-Max is out of my league, I think, I'm sure I'll learn a great deal with the help of this forum. Thank you all for your support to the forum! Scotti