I know the one hour drive limitation seems ridiculous, but I totally understand in his case. For his work he's traveling constantly either by car or by plane from Monday morning to Friday night, so I really hate to "use up" his weekends with another long car trip since he's not home much anyway. HOWEVER, it's worked to our advantage in this case. I decided to take off work today and drive to Atlanta (three hours) to visit the Innova dealer there. Because DH was in Chattanooga this morning, he left there and drove to meet me in Atlanta. We had a great visit with the dealer (Red Hen Quilting, wonderful people) and ended up ORDERING AN 18" INNOVA WITH LIGHTNING STITCH!!! I'm so excited I can't stand it. Thanks so much to everyone who gave advice about this purchase. I've been researching online (and on the quilting boards/groups) for months and Innova has been my top choice all along. Last night while talking to DH on the phone he told me to just call and order it today. I tossed and turned all night and finally woke up this morning determined to go see the machine first. Everyone who advised me to try it out first was absolutely right. It really IS like buying a car - in fact, I paid more for the machine than I have for most of my cars!!! I went, tried it out, got a lot more information, LOVED it, and wrote a check. WOO HOO! It should be here in two or three weeks. I can't wait!