re: The view from my "office"
Not a chance - bought a 1.4l Hyundai Accent instead. Unless your V8 can fly, it won't make much of a difference whether its 7 mins (in no traffic) or 10 mins (in peak hour)
Too ostentatious for me....and impractical consider I have 2 kids that will need to be ferried to/from school, etc... how about I put it on the wish list for retirement
My view from my office door is good - a Thai Cafe and Vietnamese restaurant 4 and 5 shops away respectively. Already tried them both out - Thai has whole family thumbs up
