Talk about before and after. Amazing what a good detail can do. It's like a whole different car.
With you on that one, definitely worth more than 500 clams now!
You should go, irrespective of whether the other guys wives go or not. I'm sure you'll find things to do.
What do they say, make the most of every opportunity.
Upside with the tiptronic is you extremely rarely, basically never hear anyone with any issues with the tiptronic, where as gearboxes and clutches are a regular gripe for manual owners.
Red one isn't as colour coordinated with your cat though. You really are a Nissan head. Enjoy the Z.
ps. If you're putting P-zero's on the back, I'd go a full set if I were you. Knowing how twitchy mixed tyres can be on our cars.