Your spec is very similar to mine as well. I would skip the gear lever and the CD changer. You may want to seriously consider the adaptive seats - they are fantastic.

And, yes, the GT Silver is amazing and you can definitely tell the difference. Arctic is nice too but the GT had the depth and contrast that I was looking for. Good luck and keep us up-to-date!

 

Thanks for all the great feedback. The good news is I have a lot of great information, the bad news is I have a few more things to consider so I'll probably need an extra week before ordering. :-)

I think I'll drop the Alum. Handlever and 6-CD changer and look for these after-market.

PSE isn't really a priority for me, especially at $2500.

I'm going to take a look at the adaptive sport seats, although I'm very comfortable in the standard power seats.

The GSM phone option is interesting. I've done some searches on the topic, but still not 100% clear on how this works. I'm assuming I can just move my SIM card back and forth from my GSM phone and then place calls using PCM??? This seems very convienent.

But potential bluetooth options seem nice as well where you wouldn't have to remove the sim card and then you can use the exisitng cell phone for dialing, but you use car speakers/mic for handsfree. It sounds like this option exists as well.

Any opinions on what others prefer?

 

A dedicated SIM card is all you need. No need for swapping back and forth.

Don't know if there is currently a bluetooth option available aftermarket. And if you don't order the GSM phone module, you won't have the mic wired-in. Don't know if they can install retroactively. Look into it if this is what you are basing your rationale on.

 

I love bluetooth, no experience with the SIM card... My parents cars don't have it. but when I'm using their cars I use bluetooth all the time.