Alfie sounds totally too cute! My George (18 months and 85 pounds of pure puppy love) loves to ride in the car. If it's hot and he KNOWS you're going to run the air conditioner, he races to get in the front passenger seat. If my son tries to strong arm him out, George will pretend to be vicious and growl and give you mean looks. He's never bit anything but food and never will, but he won't give up the front seat. As soon as the AC is on, he keeps his butt in the seat, puts his two front paws on the floor, noses the vent down and then puts his chin on the open glove compartment door. The lock part of my glove compartment broke off about a year ago and that suits George just fine because now he has a ledge for his chin. With the AC vent pointing towards his head/nose, he falls asleep with his chin on the glove compartment door. If he wakes up, he will lean across the middle console and try to hog the two center vents. In the meantime, he usually puts the car into neutral as he tries to position his tail end to catch the cold from the right AC vent. Driving is always an adventure with George in the car!