Is yours turbo or NA? What kind of performance do you see?[/quote]

Mine is normally aspirated. I usually flight plan for 145kn and that is doable at 65% power and ~16gph. I don’t run LOP but I know others do. I typically cruise at 7-10k ft. and CHTs on the hottest couple of cylinders never go much higher than 345 deg or so even on a hot day on an extended climb, and in cruise settle back to 295 or so. I don’t operate out of high altitude airports but the plane has no problem maintaining at least a 500 fpm climb up to about 12k ft at which it will start to drop off unless really lightly loaded. These do take some getting used to so far as landing is concerned. How the plane is loaded and how heavy you are really makes a difference. I typically use 90 kn as the approach speed and about 80 over the fence. Chopping the power too early can result in a precipitous descent rate. A little power into the flare especially when heavy helps with smooth touch downs. My plane has the forward facing seat configuration and we usually fly with the middle seats removed. That makes for a really comfortable ride for two passengers in the back and huge cargo and bags space. The huge back doors and 100lb nose compartment are really nice, and some weight in the nose helps when you are carrying a load in the cabin, although cg is really not much of an issue with these planes. Mine has a 1420 pound useful load which means you can fill the tanks(107 total, 102 useable) and have a really impressive payload. It is a great instrument platform and handles turbulence well. Overall a wonderful plane.

I'll try to snap some photos of the reclining seats. Ours is currently configured for all forward facing, although I'm planning to convert it to club seating. The aft facing seats will not recline in my install. Check Note 3 & 11 in the TCDS for applicable serial numbers. Later years have the rear seats farther back to allow for the club installation.

If you keep the forward facing config, there's a Piper kit to add a seventh seat in the middle row. It's probably useful for kids only, but still speaks to the cabin width on the PA-32 series.

If you guys can post some pics of your planes that would be awesome!

Here is a picture of proper PA-32 loading.

Here's our 1977 model. I think it has the newer style wheel fairings. The front baggage easily carries a double umbrella stroller & pack-n-play, plus the usual assortment of airplane "stuff". There are also some removable panels on the aft side of the forward baggage compartment that allows access to the avionics.

The seats in ours recline with a simple mechanical cam with 3-positions. The photo shows the far seats fully reclined and the foreground seats in their "normal upright & locked position".

You have a BBQ somewhere?

Awesome Nate, thank you!! I believe you do have the newer wheel pants