Jelly, s'what I'm saving up for now that I'm living in the US. Not the Nismo but the regular Sport/Touring 6MT.

Sad thing is legally you'll never get the speedometer to more than 1/3rd of what it maxes out at. Any Z-Car is going to be all sorts of awesome. You can go for the sport package on a regular one and get several of the goodies from the Nismo (Tires, brakes, etc.)

All the reviews I found said "You won't like the Nismo. You want leather, and heated seats, and shocks that don't make your organs explode." So I went into the dealership and said "I want a car that makes my organs explode!" You get no options with the Nismo. No leather. No power seats. No nav system. No backing camera. Bumps make your teeth rattle. It's awesome!

I can't wait to take it up in the mountains, but it's snowing up there this weekend. I'm pretty sure me buying a new car makes it snow (Happened last time I got one, too.) I'd drive it up to Wyoming, but that's just a straight few hundred miles on the Interstate at 80mph. Not really that interesting.

The reason I wouldn't get a Nismo is I'd feel bad modifying it, which will inevitably happen. With a less special Z I wouldn't feel as bad putting non-Nismo performance bits on it. It also means I can afford one sooner.

Are you going to track it?

I'm thinking about it. There are a few tracks around and it'd be fun to really open the car up and see what it can do. There are also a lot of very twisty mountain roads here, but you have to be very careful on those. Especially in a car like this. I drove a Celica a few years ago and it always gave you plenty of warning. I have a feeling the margin between your tires starting to squeal and flying off the road is going to be razor thin in this thing. There was also very little temptation to pass in the Celica, because it was essentially impossible.