You made a great choice. Little things I would do to keep it running at top performance. Before each use check,,, oil level, air cleaner, belts, and fuel. I recommend using non-ethynal fuel all the time if it is available in your area. If you have a sandy lawn base you will have to check, sharpen and chane blades more offen. KEEP IT AS CLEAN AS POSSIBLE. Top and bottom of deck. Depending on use you may have to do maintenance more often. If it does not have an hour gauge, I would consider adding one. This makes it very easy to schedule routine maintenance every 50 hours or more often depending on your conditions. Finally, I like that your wife was involved in the selection. If more guys did this it would save a lot of headaches. They look at a lot of the things that guys assume, especially quality. You have probably just cut your mowing time in half, because she will take the tractor and you get the trim mower.