Thanks everyone.
This afternoon I rented a base H3 with auto to see what kind of mileage I'll get over the 24 hours. This rental has 4k miles on it so it's still "new" but we'll see. I just got back from driving around a bit in my area.
Two comments after my first hour in the H3:
1. Rear window is useless; can't see the car behind me - especially if they're drafting.
2. I've opened the hood once already; meant to release the parking brake, grabbed the wrong one.
