A good car will run a long time, if you take care of it. This is a comforting thought as I sit in a quiet corner of our local Honda dealership, so comforting that it almost makes me forget what this scheduled maintenance will cost us. Also comforting is the realization that, unless I want to watch TV in the waiting room (which I don’t), I have three quiet and largely useless hours to think whatever thoughts I want (provided I stay awake). This feels like wasted time, except t