3000 mile update: he really likes it. The interior (with seats down) is huge, easily swallowing even a large display or a bunch of stuff. Engine is broken in, oil changed (dealer, gratis) for Chrysler-branded 5W-20 (synthetic blend, IIRC)...mileage is mid-40's, low of 38 (a bunch of putting around Boston & idling to run A/C) and a high of 47 (long highway run...might have been better if he hadn't discovered the car has an 80MPH sweet spot). Overall is ~44, I recall.
Now, the bad. It's a bit loud on the highway, which he expected. Hatch is a head-knocker for tall people. (He's only 5'4", but his boss is 6'3".) Stereo works well enough, but is more work than it should be to figure out and the bass is marginal. (He is by no means a technophobe.) His single biggest complaint is the OE tires...they're loud, they hydroplane too easily, they like to follow highway grooves, and the wet traction sucks rocks. The plan is to use the stock wheels for winter tires, and run something better (probably also a more-common size) on a second set for summer. (He did the same thing with his Jetta...which was amazing on a set of Nokians.)
