UPDATE: After going back and forth about the Z being a decent winter car, and also the price of the Z's around here, I decided against one. They are great cars if I lived in a summer climate, but since I drive up north almost every weekend in the winter for snowboarding, it just didn't make much sense to me.
So I purchased a 2011 WRX STI sedan last friday, I pick it up tomorrow after work
Only has 30,000km's on it and wasn't a big price difference over the used Z's I've seen around here. I think I made a great choice. Thank you all for your input, at this point I won't really be sticking around since I'm already on like 4 other forums for my cobalt (which will be traded in) and my new STI. But thanks for the warm welcome, and I will always have a thing for the nissan Z's, they are sexy rides!! You never know in another 10-15 years I may own a future Z :P