LONG time past due updating this thread.
The Clubman is nearing 7000 miles, including over 1500 miles from a Weekend trip back on the 4th of July weekend down to the Tail of the Dragon!
It gobbled up the miles on the highway averaging 38mpg (apparently the AWD system 100% disengages by 70mph) without missing a beat, and without beating us up (@Miss Esa was 5-6 Months pregnant at the time).
We stopped at a ton of touristy places along the way down and back up, and I filmed a couple of our runs up and down the dragon and along the Skyway (Never got around to uploading the vids, will do so eventually).
The AWD system proved to be tremendous ripping through the mountains, and despite the added heft that the Clubman has over its smaller siblings, it remained exceptionally planted and even pushing it to the limits of its OEM Run-flat rubber never really seemed distressed.
More recently, we finally got Vanity plates for it as Theresa had been asking for something fun forever for her car: