I'm 1.5 weeks away from two years of ownership and will probably come in around 1800 miles over the last year (+ 2400 in year one). I've noticed a very soft rotational squeak on left turns in parking garages. I think it might be coming from the front left, but it's so faint I haven't tried to chase it. I'm coming up on a service next month, so I'll drop the car off at the dealer and have them take a look at it.
My original complaint about the bolsters being too narrow for fat people is non-existent now. I think the bolsters just needed to soften a bit and there's no visible distortion from my fat ass sitting in it for two years. I have no other complaints about the car. Sometimes I wish I had a sunroof or a motorized hatch (F31 spoiled me on this), but there's nothing else I would drive up $30k at this point. If I'm being super nitpicky, it annoys me the reverse lines don't bend with steering wheel turns like the F31. #firstworldproblems
I wouldn't want a GTI as our primary family car, at least not with a baby/toddler, but it's fine for our second car. It just wouldn't be big enough for family road trips or camping. I keep this car seat permanently installed and just move the front seat forward/back when needed. You can have two at the same time, but it's not optimal for either my kid or the front passenger. We rarely have three people in the car at the same time, so it's never really been an issue. The exception to that is we're going somewhere with only street parking, as it's much easier to find a spot for this than it is the F31... although I'll say the F31 is actually easier to parallel park.
I actually wouldn't mind handing this car down to my kid... but there's no way it lasts another 14 years. At least, not in my household.
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My original complaint about the bolsters being too narrow for fat people is non-existent now. I think the bolsters just needed to soften a bit and there's no visible distortion from my fat ass sitting in it for two years. I have no other complaints about the car. Sometimes I wish I had a sunroof or a motorized hatch (F31 spoiled me on this), but there's nothing else I would drive up $30k at this point. If I'm being super nitpicky, it annoys me the reverse lines don't bend with steering wheel turns like the F31. #firstworldproblems
I wouldn't want a GTI as our primary family car, at least not with a baby/toddler, but it's fine for our second car. It just wouldn't be big enough for family road trips or camping. I keep this car seat permanently installed and just move the front seat forward/back when needed. You can have two at the same time, but it's not optimal for either my kid or the front passenger. We rarely have three people in the car at the same time, so it's never really been an issue. The exception to that is we're going somewhere with only street parking, as it's much easier to find a spot for this than it is the F31... although I'll say the F31 is actually easier to parallel park.
I actually wouldn't mind handing this car down to my kid... but there's no way it lasts another 14 years. At least, not in my household.
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"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