[Dadhawk]

Year three comes to close today (5/11/2015), my how time flies!

The FR-S continues to meet my expectations in most ways, and exceed them in a couple. Primary in the exceed category is fuel economy, although I still expect that will drop when I switch it to all-seasons this month (still running the original tires at 60K+ miles!)

As documented at the top of this thread I'm averaging 32.6MPG over the 61,451 miles on the car, and have "saved" $4,602 in fuel costs over my previous daily driver.

Biggest disappointment continues to be the paint for all the reasons we all know. Also the late development of taillight condensation is a bummer but nothing I'm too concerned about. Tails are cheap enough now that if it becomes chronic I'll replace them with aftermarkets and add the existing ones to the "box of original parts".

Here's an update to my projection of when the car will hit certain milestones based on my average run rate of 57 miles per day:


Purchased.......................7..05/11/2012
Once Around The Earth......24,901..09/04/2013...Complete!
Warranty...................32,000..01/06/2014...Complete!
PowerTrain.................60,000..03/30/2015...Complete!
..........................100,000..02/28/2017
..........................200,000..12/19/2021
Distance to the Moon......238,857..10/31/2023
Astro (Previous DD) Miles.289,000..03/29/2026
..........................300,000..10/08/2026