Thought it was time to make one of these just to track my progress with my car.

This is my first brand new car, leased from Circle Infiniti in Long Branch, NJ. They got me into it with no signer (relatively weak history but 760 score) @$2k and 329 a month. Would've been 319 had I not rolled half the wheel and tire protection into the payment.

This is number 15 and as you see in my sig I have a varied taste in cars. When it came to getting into something new it had to meet certain requirements that some other contenders were lacking and after test driving something like 20 cars from the newest civic si to an 05 zhp 330 bimmer I knew it had to be special. I always had a soft spot for the G but with it being out so long I didnt know if the body style would stay current enough for me throughout the life of the lease...the morning I got into this I was actually preapproved through Cadillac for their new ATS and had the Infiniti dealership been on the other side of the highway I might not be posting here...I wanted a sport sedan and Acura wasnt willing to even talk to me about their AWD 6MT TL so when I realized I could probably get a steal with the Q coming out I pounced.

Even boring background...here are some photos up to this week. I wont bore you with stock photos but mods are as follows:

Plastidipped all the things. Pulled the wheels this week...I had purchased four cans of anthracite (and waited almost a month ) but only used two as I thought it would dry differently...end result was an ugly (IMO) grey that didnt reaaaaalllllly go with the car but was OK for the month I had it done.

Topspeed Y back -- I've commented on this a few times and I just wish it was 15% louder otherwise good stuff especially for the price.

Eibach prokit -- did the rear myself (5 min a side?) and just couldnt get one of the 19mm bolts off the front so paid a shop a buck to do it.

Diode dynamics full interior LED as well as their license plate lights. OK stuff, kinda would prefer a bit less blue but its nice nevertheless.

Lamin-X headlight/fogs "tint" color - I am one that haaaaates tinted heads/tails because they look so tacky to me on anything other than a 3 or 5 series but when I saw how light the tint color was I thought I could pull it off on the front and it looks amazing to me...the shop that did it botched it the first time and the edges arent perfect this time around but for what was initially $100 (later refunded in full) I'm satisfied.

I'm trying to focus more on other things in life right now so I wont be putting much more into it -- I'd love an intake for sure and maybe sway bars but that should wrap it up...maybe a set of wheels come spring. On the fence about blacking out the chrome fog and window trim - I've gotta say with the plastidip off the wheels it does look sharp.

I've put 6500 miles on it already (about 300/month more than scheduled) but I just cant stop driving it. I previously managed an exotic car rental and have been behind the wheel of numerous bulls and horses but there's just something about this car that gets better the harder you push it that just cant be done in other 400+ cars.

Ran my second time at Raceway Park in Englishtown last night for my 4th and 5th runs (ever) with a best time of 13.799@102.63 leaving around 4k with a 2.139 60' foot. You cant heat the tires up but I think lowering helped the wheel hop tremendously.

At this point (and feel free to leave your input) I'm not sure if I'll buy it out -- I think i'm right around $30k in 4/15 if I choose to purchase it but I'm worried similar cars will be way into the 20s given that the Q is out. On the other hand there will be no 6mt anymore so is it possible for the value to stay flat? I want a P car or a turbo bimmer (few running 12.2-12.6 with minimal mods last night) or maybe even a truck finally (Jeep brah).

This is longer than I expected already and I'm tired but I'll be sure to update with pertinent info as time goes by...