My wife bought a new car last night, a shiny silver Honda CR-V. She's been wanting one for months; ever since the new body style came out, she had to have one. She's a Honda girl through and through, having gone from one Civic to another, interrupted by a brief stint in an old Acura Integra (a Honda in wolf's clothing). Try as I might to get her to consider a Toyota RAV4, or even the GMC Acadia (underrated), the decision had been made before the conversation even began.

Upon driving it off the lot we were happily ensconced in the wondrous aroma of New Car Smell. Little did we know, it turns out, that the sweet smell of her new car may actually be dangerous. A Michigan-based environmental organization issued a report saying that the smell comes from materials "made with toxic chemicals known to pose major public health risks," and that "not only are vehicle drivers and passengers breathing toxic air, but are also in constant physical contact with dangerous chemicals leaching from just about every interior surface of a new vehicle."

Uh, great. Maybe we should have bought it used?