To our friends who've had the misfortune of being picked up at the airport in one of our cramped subcompacts, I say rejoice. We are now making obscene monthly payments on a new automobile. And it's a four-door. (I know it looks bad, but it doesn't foreshadow any rug-rats in the near future--even if we have one, we have to give it directly to the bank.) We just needed a bigger car. So when Amy suggested we trade in HER car for a new one, I jumped at the chance. It's a 1996 Audi A4 sedan. Metallic green with Ecru leather interior. Very nice. In fact everything about it is nice, except the Bose® "premium" stereo. (Evidently, "premium", merely describes what we paid over the price of the no-less-crappy stock stereo.) Trust me on this. Bose sucks. They use really expensive, electronic circuitry to compensate for using really cheap, paper speakers--as opposed to making better speakers like everyone else. It's genius! Want an easy test? Next time someone plays a Bose stereo, listen for a cymbal crash. (Remember, cymbals are metal and should "RING" like metal.) If the cymbals "HISS", you know you're listening to a piece of crap Bose system. When they're not looking, run away.