After spending a lot of time making lump sumps into my financing, I spoke with the dealer and I can finally buy the car this month.

The Canadian model has a bit more features than the American version such as keyless entry and walk-away lock.

I chose the manual transmission after falling in love with them in my first lesson with ProShift here in Ottawa. I ended renting two manual cars on Turo for day trips and although I'm not an expert, I can get away with not stalling and doing hill starts.

How long will it take me for manual to become muscle memory, or at least get adjusted enough so that I can drink coffee while shifting (-:

Wish me luck on this purchasing adventure. My dealer is currently searching for the previous year model to save me some money since the current year is exactly the same.