Ordered on September 18 of last year, I picked up my new Audi e-tron after work today. Thus far it has met my expectations and should help make my 2+ hours of commuting each day a little more tolerable (think front seats with built in massage function).

My very first car, a Triumph Spitfire, was also blue although that would be hard to figure out from the black and white photos which remain. With every new car purchase I pause to reflect on my former cars and their significance to me. Here is the list in chronological order.

• Triumph Spitfire (blue) ; first love
• Triumph GT6 (yellow) ; second love
• Alpha Romeo Spyder (white) ; first true love
• Alpha Romeo GTV (red) ; spare parts for above
• Porsche 944 (red) ; first properly engineered car
• Porsche 944 (black) ; more of a good thing
• Nissan 300 ZX Turbo (red) ; the summer fling
• Lexus SC 300 (gray) ; first grown up car, hated it
• Mercedes SL 500 (green) ; passion reignited
• Mercedes ML 320 (silver) ; first family car
• Audi A3 (silver) ; my second true love
• Audi Q5 (silver) ; my off road darling
• SmartCar (blue) ; first attempt at social responsibility
• BMW i3 (orange) ; my electric mistress, forever a convert
• Audi e-tron (blue) ; TBD