Agreed on both. I went wireless on the laptop, and broadband both in 1998. It's an amazing change, and the internet any other way seems odd. Last week when my home network was effectively worthless with the server gone and no internet, it sucked. I kept opening iTunes wanting to tune to an internet radio station, and had to settle for the 4 CDs I had test ripped.

A new car is one of my big things. Before it, I had a cheepo car that my dad was going to maintain. When it decided not to start one night leaving me stranded, I abandoned it. This was after some transmission issues (having to go into park and back out at every stop) that I decided a new car was worth it. If I have a problem, I call in and drop it off for service. If I ever have a problem that strands me, a quick call to the number in my book resolves that.