Dave I can see you at a class. Having one of his chairs is like buying Sam Maloof soon after he married his Wife. I think they call it an investment. :-)
We hear some doom and gloom about the future of our craft, but I'm hopeful peeps like Elia will keep newbies coming along. So many young Women making fabulous stuff I think it's changing a lot, but not going away.
We are possibly leaving our Honda buying years, and I am looking at Rav4 Hybrid as well, to me it looks like you get, more than you get with a CRV, which she already has a newish one.