I didn't drive or ride in a car on thanksgiving, however, on wednesday I drove to the house where I spent thanksgiving.
My big news is that I used thanksgiving day as a chance to adjust and test my electric bike, and found that it was working well. I didn't really feel up to the task of riding a 35 mile round trip to an 8-hour work day regularly, without the electric assist.
This morning, however, I had no problem making the commute in to work. By my estimate, the motor provided about 50% of my power and I provided the other 50%... and my average speed was somewhere around 20 mph despite some serious headwinds and uphills.