bbottomley,
Thanks!! You're neck of the woods is quite nice as well, I recall it once driving from Boston back home...very scenic.
Regarding the timing belt - thanks for the info. My foz has 77,000 kms on it (sweet!!). I should be good for awhile.
Quick trailer hitch question - I have a "draw tite" trailer hitch on the car. I know there are bike carriers available, but how easy would they be for my 99 lb wife to load/unload her bike with? We both ride our bikes to work, but in the summers, we drive our kids to their day camp, and then ride our bikes from there to/from work. For our last car ('99 suzuki esteem) we simply threw the bike in the back. I'm reluctant to do it with the foz (leather seats and all), but I'm hoping for a fairly quick and easy way to maintain this commute come summer time...