Andy Cap Cincinnati Red BRZ journal

[andycap]

I'm normally not a fan of red cars unless they're Italian, but I think the color Subaru went with looks great! Glad to see you're already enjoying the car, when are the mods coming?

I'm not sure that I'll be doing many mods to the car. It's an amazing ride as it is. I'll have to see what options 3rd party retailers put out there in the coming months and years.

[andycap]

I got a few more pictures last night as the sun was starting to set.


I had to get some pictures of the LED parking lights. They are so cool. I wish they came on all the time as the daytime driving lamps.










A nice picture of the interior






A view of all my cars. The Trans Am is very rough at this point. I hope as the BRZ get paid off I can start putting some time and money into the old Pontiac.







I'm still waiting for the dealership to mail me the Memorandum Certificate of Title so I can go to the Ohio Bureau of Motor Vehicles (BMV) and order my plates. It sounds like I should get them Monday or Tuesday.

Here is the plates I'm planning on getting:

[raventare]

What other cars and colors does your dealer have, if there is no mark up it may be the place to buy a new BRZ. Congratulations on the new car!

[Jeredin]

I per-ordered the WR blue, and I know I'm going to love it, but that red looks sooo nice!

Love your plate too-took me 10 seconds until I focused in on the M

[andycap]

My local dealer said they have 2 other customers who have placed orders that are awaiting delivery leaving one more of the 4 they are allotted. Not sure what colors they ordered. Apparently the Scion dealership down the street might have just got the FR-S in stock as my salesman said he saw a truck heading that way.

jeredin, thanks, I havent seen a WR Blue in person but I have seen Galaxy Blue Silica and it is awesome looking. I'm sure the WR will be amazing. I am loving the Lightning Red though. Mine may be in the minority being red which is cool with me .

A friend of mine who also graduated from Miami University (not to be confused with University of Miami ) got the same logo plate with "iami86" and the M comes in focus fairly quickly so I'm hopeing mine will too on the actual plate.

[andycap]

I've been driving my car for over two weeks now and I am still loving it!

Last I checked yesterday, I've put 650 miles on the car. I've filled up the tank twice now and I've decided to try and keep a fill-up log on the car along with maintenance records.

So far based on miles driven and amount of fuel purchased, my MPG for the two fill ups has been 26.753 and 29.512. I reset the average MPG counter on the trip computer in the dash at a little over 3/4 of a tank after the first fill up and the trip computer showed an average of 30.8 MPG. At the last fill up, I reset it again so we'll see if the numbers are closer next time. I'm driving a Manual Transmission BRZ limited to work and back taking the highway each way for the majority of the drive. It's about a 22 Mile commute each way from my home in Fairfield to downtown Cincinnati. I hit rush hour traffic sometimes but for the most part, I can go between 65 and 75 MPH most of the way. I've also been keeping an eye on the instantaneous MPG readout on the dash which helps me to not get too carried away in the car. I have let it open up a few times though

Also I found for the Manual Transmission, you can have the dash display show which gear you are in ("G - on" or "G - off"). It is turned off by default (at least on mine) and only shows the forward gears when the clutch is fully out. There is another setting that is turned on by default (S - on) that controls the tachometer needle going through it's full range when the car is started.

I've also set the REV indicator to 7300 RPM, but I haven't actually taken my car to the red line yet. Still breaking it in gently.

[Jeredin]

Thanks for the update. How's the comfort been on your drives to and from work? Both the car as a whole and the seats?

[andycap]

The seats have been very comfortable for me. They are very supportive and hug the back just right. I'm still getting used to the ride since the suspension is a lot harder than my wife's forester or the pickup truck I used to drive. 95% of the time the ride is fine, but Cincinnati has a lot of rough and bumpy highway that can get annoying.

[JimLill]

The seats have been very comfortable for me. They are very supportive and hug the back just right. I'm still getting used to the ride since the suspension is a lot harder than my wife's forester or the pickup truck I used to drive. 95% of the time the ride is fine, but Cincinnati has a lot of rough and bumpy highway that can get annoying.

I feel the same.... but such is a sports car

[onbooSTi]

That is some pretty good mileage! Would you consider your driving normal or easier then normal to get that mileage?

Cool plate too! When mounting the front plate holder, did you have to drill holes or is there some kind of bracket?