Picked her up on Thursday:




420 hp, 7-spd transmission, runs like the proverbial scalded dog (although no dogs were injured in the course of my driving).

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Well ... it's a color called Storm Front Grey (which is kind of a silvery bronze-ish color that looks better than it sounds), with a Graphite interior (dark charcoal).

Got the big V8 model, which comes with most of the goodies like Nav, BT, XM, heated and cooled seats, heated steering wheel, moon roof, etc., etc. This thing runs like snot - all 420 horses and 417 ft.-lbs. of torque are present and accounted for! Car and Driver got 4.6 sec. 0-60, putting it firmly in 'Vette (and Porsche) territory. Has infiniti's new 7-spd rev-matching transmission, which works beautifully. Ten-speaker Bose sound, with 9GB Music Box storage and USB for iPod and iPhone, as well as other devices. Also does BT streaming.

Took it today and got it tinted with Pinnacle ceramic 30% and hard-wire mounted my Escort 8500 X50 yesterday, so I'm ready to rumble.

Ride and handling are surprisingly good, and the interior is miles beyond my old '06 M45's ... firmly in Lexus league.

I'm lovin' it!

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Nice car, as of now I still like the looks of the Lexus better.  I like the M56's 0 to 60 time more, lol.   

No sport package? 

Nice car though, beautiful!

Thanks, RH!

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I know, I know - that's been pointed out already. I always have this fear of a big hunk of paint coming off with it, though.

Needless fear?

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