I'm big on taking Taricha everywhere possible with me. The coffee shop, the cigarette shop, friends houses, whatever. She LOVES car rides and with the single phrase "car ride?", she's an ecstatic disaster, ready to go go go go. I dont even need a leash from the door to the car, she bolts straight for it, go go go!
And then enjoys the ride... as uncomfortable as it looks.
Of course, wherever we go people point, smile and stare at her window-hanging antics. Every stop light, someone is rolling down their window to say hello and every parking lot, someone asks what kind of dog she is. (or offers, is that a pitbull?...)