[kevins2]

Thanks Chas, good advice and I've already followed most of it - have about 85 miles on the car. My first "drive" was about 12 trips up and down my driveway (172' long, so not as ridiculous as that sounds). The reason was it was late in the day and didn't want to get caught out in the dark if I needed to tow it home for some reason. Driveway was long enough to get some speed to hit the brakes hard enough to make sure they at least work. Also, got a feel for the clutch.

The next day I drove about 40 miles by myself and got the car up to 60 and braked hard a number of times, including some down hill braking. All this within walking distance of my house on some back roads. Didn't take tools or a chase vehicle, but had my cell phone and my wife at the ready to come to my rescue if needed. Have a tow strap. Also have been diligent about watching the instruments. You may recall the defective fuse. Fortunately, I was watching the instruments and noticed the temp creep up a bit and shut it down before it overheated. Still waiting on Patrick to conduct the fuse test he suggested.

So, not too bad for a newbie...