Dunno whether this should be altogether a 'happy thought', but I had the first 'proper' go in our new car, today - unfortunately it was to take Mrs Gaz to Manchester airport for an Easter break in Portugal. So I'm 'homealone' for a week....
However, focusing on the 'happy' side, Its a Honda Civic 1.8 Vtec & drives extremely well - I chose the A616 route to Manc, 'cos of the mix of motorway & twisty bits & I was very impressed.