05-13-2017, 11:34 PM
I'm approaching 800 miles and I'm making a point not to look at MPG until I get to at least 1000. As you see from my 911 thread, I really don't drive that much. I mean I drive almost every day, but I never really drive more than 8 miles from my house. I don't have much to add except to say the driver seat is perfectly fine now. I don't think I've gotten any smaller, so I'm gonna chalk it up to the stiff padding breaking in. Oh, I did get an oil change notice around 500 miles. I made an appt at the dealer, figured it was some break in business, but they ended up sending me home with a quick reset. Apparently it has triggered a year since manufacturer date. I didn't even bother looking at the manual. :oops:
We picked up a lightweight second car seat for plane rides and so we can use the GTI in a punch. I'm surprised to report that it's possible to keep a car seat rear facing and still fit my wife in the front seat. She said she wouldn't want to do a road trip in it, but it was fine for quick trips around town where having a car smaller than the 328xi would be beneficial. Bonus points for them having one that matches the plaid so damn well. If I could get a car sear in that plaid, I probably would have. For all I know, it exists... but again, didn't really bother.
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We picked up a lightweight second car seat for plane rides and so we can use the GTI in a punch. I'm surprised to report that it's possible to keep a car seat rear facing and still fit my wife in the front seat. She said she wouldn't want to do a road trip in it, but it was fine for quick trips around town where having a car smaller than the 328xi would be beneficial. Bonus points for them having one that matches the plaid so damn well. If I could get a car sear in that plaid, I probably would have. For all I know, it exists... but again, didn't really bother.
'76 911S | '14 328xi | '17 GTI | In memoriam: '08 848, '85 944
"Here, at last, is the cure for texting while driving. The millions of deaths which occur every year due to the iPhone’s ability to stream the Kim K/Ray-J video in 4G could all be avoided, every last one of them, if the government issued everyone a Seventies 911 and made sure they always left the house five minutes later than they’d wanted to. It would help if it could be made to rain as well. Full attention on the road. Guaranteed." -Jack Baruth
"Here, at last, is the cure for texting while driving. The millions of deaths which occur every year due to the iPhone’s ability to stream the Kim K/Ray-J video in 4G could all be avoided, every last one of them, if the government issued everyone a Seventies 911 and made sure they always left the house five minutes later than they’d wanted to. It would help if it could be made to rain as well. Full attention on the road. Guaranteed." -Jack Baruth